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Mandelette

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Chicago Ferrotype Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, IL, Chicago
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1929
FILM TYPE: direct-positiv paper
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 3½ in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $10.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  ferrotype
  street
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Direct positive street camera, 2½ x 3½". Camera measures 4 x 4½ x 6".
  Tank below, sleeve at rear. Simple shutter and lens. A widely
  publicized camera which sold for about $10.00 in 1929."
  (McKeown, 1992).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C5327.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 876

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992. pp 76.//

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Mandelette

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