Wirgin Deluxe

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A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the Vokar Corporation[1]. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates decorated with Art Deco motfs. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. A number of lens variations are known:

  • a 75mm f4.5 fixed focus Meniscus lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter.
  • a 75mm f4.5 lens in a US-made shutter (not identified as yet)[2]


The camera was also sold in Germany badged as the Wirgin Junior and is one of the very few US-made but German-badged cameras.[3]


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Images courtesy Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

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