[pure-silver] Jack Deardorff has passed away

  • From: "Ken Hough " <k4sb@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:42:09 -0600

To all who ever owned a Deardorff

Jack Deardorff (John Milton Deardorff II) has passed away. He was employed 
by LF Deardorff  from 1948 to 1968 and from 1977 till  1988. In 1989 He 
formed D.P.P.I, Deardorff Photographic Products International. He was sole 
employee there. During his later years at LF Deardorff he oversaw the 
daily production of the 4x5 Special and the 8x10 View. Also during this 
time the demand for the 11x14 became strong and around 50 of the V11s were 
made. In the 80s Jack redesigned the V4 and V8 bed slightly for added 
strength. For those who knew Jack, he was an interesting person.  In the 
90s Jack moved DPPI to Valparaiso IN. Jack was preceded in death by his 
father John Milton, his mother and his Uncle Merle S. Deardorff. His death 
was from injuries sustained from an accident.

Submitted by Ken Hough 

Ken Hough Photographic Repair Service
Specializing in the Complete restoration of
           Deardorff View Cameras 
                            Est 1982
     www.deardorffcameras.0catch.com
                      219 462 0281



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