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Falcon-Abbey Electricamera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Utility Mfg. Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, IL, Chicago
SEE ALSO: Spartus Press Flash
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1940
FILM TYPE: rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 6 x 9 cm.
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: built-in flash
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box

NOTES:
  "c1940. Black bakelite box camera, nearly identical to the original
  Falcon Press Fash, but with additional shutter button on the front.
  Normal shutter lever at side for manual shutter release. Front button
  is electric release for solenoid which trips shutter and fires flash
  in synchronization." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: U89.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 910

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 412.//

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Falcon-Abbey Electricamera

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