Drucker
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Albert Drucker was an optical engineer in Chicago. He joined Burke and James, which was owned by his brother George Drucker,[1] after the serving in the US Navy in the First World War.[2] McKeown lists one camera, the Ranger, as having been made independently by Albert Drucker and Company in about 1939, while Drucker was working for Burke and James.[3] He left the firm in 1953 (when he was the company secretary and chief engineer), and bought the assets of the Gundlach Manufacturing Company.
Notes
- ↑ Burke and James partial company history at Jo Lommen's website.
- ↑ Albert Drucker - obituary in the Chicago Tribune, 7 June 1985.
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p251.
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