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The [[Montgomery Ward]] department store chain offered many manufacturers' cameras under its own name. Before WWII, '''Wardflex''' referred to a bakelite [[TLR]] with geared coupling between viewing and takings lenses—this was a renaming of the [[Argoflex E]], built in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | The [[Montgomery Ward]] department store chain offered many manufacturers' cameras under its own name. Before WWII, '''Wardflex''' referred to a bakelite [[TLR]] with geared coupling between viewing and takings lenses—this was a renaming of the [[Argoflex E]], built in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | ||
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The Montgomery Ward department store chain offered many manufacturers' cameras under its own name. Before WWII, Wardflex referred to a bakelite TLR with geared coupling between viewing and takings lenses—this was a renaming of the Argoflex E, built in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
See also Wardflex (metal) for the metal 1950's TLR models imported from Japan.
