Wollensak
Wollensak was an American company, based at Rochester, which manufactured lenses and shutters from 1899 to 1972. The company was founded by Andrew and John Wollensak.[1] It was bought by Revere Camera Co. in the 1950s,[2] itself absorbed by 3M in 1960,[2] and shut its doors in 1972.[3][1] A company named Surplus Shed currently holds the Wollensak factory building as well as some surplus.
At least one camera was sold with the Wollensak brand: the Wollensak Stereo 10 is a version of the Revere Stereo.
Cameras with Wollensak lens and shutter
- Bolsey A
- Bolsey B, B2, B2, B22
- Bolsey C, C22
- Pearl No.2
- Pearlette
- Polaroid Pathfinder
- Wollensak Stereo 10
Cameras with a Wollensak lens
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 History of Rochester Companies, by Kingslake.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revere history at Audiotools.com.
- ↑ 3M history at Audiotools.com.
Links
| photography related industry in Rochester (New York) |
| American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak |
| and in Rochester (Minnesota) |
| Conley |
| external links |
| graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's "Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)" |
- A History of The Rochester, NY Camera and Lens Companies, by Rudolf Kingslake
- The Wollensak surplus site
- Page with many Wollensak catalogues at Camera Eccentric
- Wollensak in the Revere history and 3M history at Audiotools.com
- Wollensak history (mainly on tape recorders) at ClydeSight Productions' Wollensak tape recorder restoration project
