[pure-silver] Re: Historic Camera Resource for Antique Camera and Photography Collectors
- From: Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:34:46 -0800 (PST)
Perhaps to make it look more like luggage when folded? ;)
http://tinyurl.com/7jumdnq
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From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:21 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Historic Camera Resource for Antique Camera and
Photography Collectors
I think leather covering was used mainly for folding cameras. Most of the
larger view and studio cameras were left with the finished wood on the outside.
I suspect the leather was to protect the wood or, perhaps, it was simply
cheaper than French polishing the wood. Curiously Mahogany was comparitively
cheap. Cherry is a better wood for cameras and was used for the more expensive
ones. Cameras intended for sale in tropical countries were often made of Teak
with "russia leather" bellows to resist the action of insects and mold. This is
the origin of red leather bellows. Russia leather is often of a brick-red color
so red bellows became associated with deluxe model cameras.
Century Camera, as the name implies, was begun at the start of the
twentieth century. Within a few years it was aquired by Eastman Kodak and
remained a Kodak division. I don't think it was ever divested as was Folmer &
Schwing, the makers of the Graflex and Speed Graphic cameras. F&S had a curious
history, they started out making gas lighting fixtures, switched to bicycles,
and finally cameras.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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