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| + | The '''United States Camera Corporation''' was based in 17 North Loomis Street, Chicago 7, Illinois (U.S.A.) . It was apparently an alternate name of the [[Pho-Tak]] Corporation, at the same address. | ||
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| + | ===Cameras=== | ||
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|image_text= Trailblazer | |image_text= Trailblazer | ||
|image_by=Marc Henderson | |image_by=Marc Henderson | ||
|image_rights=with permission | |image_rights=with permission | ||
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| − | + | * '''[[USC Comet|Comet (folding)]]''' | |
| − | + | * '''[[Comet 127]]''' | |
| − | + | * '''[[Simplex 41]]''' | |
| − | * '''Trailblazer''' | + | * '''[[Simplex 42]]''' |
| − | * '''Reflex II''' | + | * '''[[Simplex 43]]''' |
| + | * '''Simplex 45''' | ||
| + | * '''[[Simplex Snapper 126]]''' | ||
| + | * '''Trailblazer''' (also exists as the [[Pho-Tak Trailblazer 120]]) | ||
| + | * '''[[USC Reflex II]]''' | ||
* '''[[USC Reflex II X]]''' | * '''[[USC Reflex II X]]''' | ||
* '''[[USC Reflex III]]''' | * '''[[USC Reflex III]]''' | ||
| − | * '''Auto Forty''' | + | * '''[[USC Auto Forty]]''' |
| − | * '''Auto Fifty''' | + | * '''[[USC Auto Fifty]]''' |
| − | * '''Vagabond 120''' | + | * '''[[Vagabond 120]]''' (similar to [[Pho-Tak Traveler 120]]) |
| − | * '''[[Rollex 20]]''' | + | * '''[[Rollex 20]]''' (similar to [[Pho-Tak]] Foldex 20) |
| − | * '''USC 20''' | + | * '''[[USC 20]]''' |
| − | * '''USC 35''' (made in Germany) | + | * '''[[USC 35]]''' (made in Germany) |
| − | * '''USC Automatic''' | + | * '''[[USC Automatic Electric Eye]]''' = USC Automatic Reflex? |
| + | * '''[[USC Tri-Matic Electric Eye 127]]''' | ||
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| − | |image_text= USC 20, successor | + | |image_text= USC 20, successor to Rollex 20 |
|image_by=Steve Harwood | |image_by=Steve Harwood | ||
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|image_text= Vagabond 120 | |image_text= Vagabond 120 | ||
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| − | |image_text= USC Reflex | + | |image_text= USC Reflex III |
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| − | + | ==Links== | |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/uscamera/reflex_ii/reflex_ii.htm manual of Reflex II/Reflex II "X"] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Michael Butkus Jr.'s] |
| − | + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160711083930/http://www.virtualcameramuseum.com/museum/cameras/usc/usc35/index.html USC 35] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160422101413/http://www.virtualcameramuseum.com/ Virtual Cameramuseum] (archived) | |
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[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
| + | [[Category: USC|*]] | ||
{{Chicago}} | {{Chicago}} | ||
Latest revision as of 04:45, 30 January 2024
The United States Camera Corporation was based in 17 North Loomis Street, Chicago 7, Illinois (U.S.A.) . It was apparently an alternate name of the Pho-Tak Corporation, at the same address.
Cameras
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| Trailblazer image by Marc Henderson (Image rights) |
- Comet (folding)
- Comet 127
- Simplex 41
- Simplex 42
- Simplex 43
- Simplex 45
- Simplex Snapper 126
- Trailblazer (also exists as the Pho-Tak Trailblazer 120)
- USC Reflex II
- USC Reflex II X
- USC Reflex III
- USC Auto Forty
- USC Auto Fifty
- Vagabond 120 (similar to Pho-Tak Traveler 120)
- Rollex 20 (similar to Pho-Tak Foldex 20)
- USC 20
- USC 35 (made in Germany)
- USC Automatic Electric Eye = USC Automatic Reflex?
- USC Tri-Matic Electric Eye 127
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| USC 20, successor to Rollex 20 image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
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| Vagabond 120 image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights) |
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| USC Reflex III image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
Links
- manual of Reflex II/Reflex II "X" at Michael Butkus Jr.'s
- USC 35 at Virtual Cameramuseum (archived)
| Companies of Chicago (Illinois) |
| Adams & Westlake | Central Camera Co. | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Aerial | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Company | Deardorff | De Vry | Drucker | Galter | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Lennor Engineering Co. | Metropolitan Industries | Monarch | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | QRS Company | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith |
| Chicago in depth: The Chicago Cluster, a bakelite trust? |
