Automatic No 1A

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ansco
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Binghamton
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1925
FILM TYPE: No 6A rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼ in.
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: Spring-wound film advance
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  folding
  autowind
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: f/6.3 anastigmat
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c1925. Folding rollfilm camera for 6 exp. 2½x4¼" in six sceonds.
  Required a new film "No. 6A Automatic" since the regular 6A film only
  allowed 5 exposures. Spring-wound automatic film advance. Designed and
  patented in 1915 by Carl Bornmann, who had also designed the 1888
  Antique Oak Detective Camera for Scovill & Adams and was still
  designing for the company, now 38 years later. Anastigmat f6.3 lens."
  McKeown, 1994.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A6175.00067
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 44

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 63.//