Fotron

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Traid Corp.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, CA, Encino
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1960
FILM TYPE: 828 in cartridge
IMAGE SIZE: 1 x 1 in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $150.00 - $300.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: autowind
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Grey and black plastic cameras of the 1960's, originally sold by
  door-to-door salesmen for prices ranging from $150 to $300 and up. The
  cameras were made to take 10 exposures 1x1" on special cartridges
  containing 828 film. They featured many advancements such as built-in
  electronic flash with recharageable batteries, electric film advance,
  etc. At the time these cameras were made, these were expensive
  features. Still, the Fotron camera campaign is considered by some to
  be the greatest photographic "rip-off"of the century." McKeown, 1996.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: T7675.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 184

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 416.//