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* [http://www.submin.com/large/collection/univex/introduction.htm Univex cameras on submin.com]
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*[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/univex/univex_model_a/univex_model_a.htm Univex Model A user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
* [http://www.submin.com/large/manuals/univex/a.htm Model A instructions] on submin.com
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*[http://www.submin.com/large/collection/univex/introduction.htm Univex cameras on submin.com]
* [https://camdex.ca/name-search-results/?CCSTID=STUD3261S Duovex Stereo 1934] at [https://camdex.ca/ CamDex.ca]
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*[http://www.submin.com/large/manuals/univex/a.htm Model A instructions] on submin.com
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=468 Univex A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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*[https://camdex.ca/name-search-results/?CCSTID=STUD3261S Duovex Stereo 1934] at [https://camdex.ca/ CamDex.ca]
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=468 Univex A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
  
  

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The Univex Model A was a small plastic camera made in New York by Universal, introduced in 1933. It has a wire-frame finder with the rear sight moulded onto the body and the front frame folding onto the lens barrel.

Original cost was only $0.39, and it used Universal's no.00 roll film at $0.10 per roll - leading it to sell over three million in three years[1].

A similar camera, but with a small viewfinder - folding front and rear, is the Norton - introduced in 1934 by Norton Labs, who were later taken over by Universal, and the Norton sold as the Norton-Univex.

Universal also produced a simple stereo camera by mounting two Model A's together, called the Duovex

Notes

  1. McKeown Page 940

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