Monarck Manufacturing Company

Monarck Manufacturing Company was based in Chicago, Illinois, and sold a line of low-priced cameras. The cameras often bore variations of the company name include Monarck Mfg Co., Monarch Mfg Co., and Monark Mfg Co.

Monarck Manufacturing Company ad, from June, 1940 Popular Photography Note Monarch 620 is spelled both ways image by Voxphoto (Image rights)

History

In 1940 the company was located at 711 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois. In the bewildering world of Chicago camera manufacturing, note this address was one also used by Spartus, Galter, Herold, Spencer, and their numerous sub-brands.

127 Cameras

• Flashmaster No. 110 (Graf Meniscus lens)
• Flashmaster No. 117 (f7.7 achromatic lens, 3 stops)
• Flash-Master (metal or bakelite pseudo TLR)
• Flexmaster Reflex No. 211 (Graf Meniscus Lens)
• Flexmaster Reflex No. 248 (f7.7 achromatic lens, 3 stops)
• Kandõ Reflex
• Royal Reflex (pseudo TLR)
• Lincoln Candid Type
• Vogue Candid Type
• Churchill Candid Type
• Traveler Candid Type

135 Cameras

• Princess No. 300 (apparently the same as the Spartus 35)

620 Cameras

• Monarck No. 620

Photos

Monark Mfg. Co. Kandõ Reflex image by Mike Ttv (Image rights)

Monarch Mfg. Co. Kandõ Reflex image by John Kratz (Image rights)

Monarch Mfg. Co. Vogue image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights)

Notes

See The Chicago Cluster for more probably-related cameras and "companies"