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The '''Vokar''' Corporation was a camera brand based in Dexter, Michigan from 1943 to the mid 1950s<ref>[http://jsurp.tripod.com/Argus_Museum.pdf Argus Museum leaflet, pp1-2]</ref>. | The '''Vokar''' Corporation was a camera brand based in Dexter, Michigan from 1943 to the mid 1950s<ref>[http://jsurp.tripod.com/Argus_Museum.pdf Argus Museum leaflet, pp1-2]</ref>. | ||
Prior to 1943, it had been the Verschoor Corporation, and before 1942 had been the electronics branch of the International Research Corporation, whose camera division became [[Argus]]. | Prior to 1943, it had been the Verschoor Corporation, and before 1942 had been the electronics branch of the International Research Corporation, whose camera division became [[Argus]]. | ||
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The Vokar Corporation was a camera brand based in Dexter, Michigan from 1943 to the mid 1950s[1]. Prior to 1943, it had been the Verschoor Corporation, and before 1942 had been the electronics branch of the International Research Corporation, whose camera division became Argus.
Charles A Verschoor had envisoned the Argus A, introduced in 1936, and his company designed the camera that became the Argus C3 in 1939. After management problems, Verschoor ran the electronics division - which produced cameras of its own and was eventually renamed Vokar after Veschoor's death. The company went bankrupt in 1950.[2]
Cameras
- Vokar A (1940–)
- Vokar B (1946-)
- Voigt Junior (1946-) [3]
- Wirgin Deluxe (a Voigt Junior Variant)
- Vokar I (1947-)
- Vokar II (1948-)[4]
