Rusty's Retreat: Just a change of pace!

Monday, April 19, 2010

I added this photo just for fun. This is not the camera used to take the pictures in this blog - though it is still in working condition.

Greg C said...: I would love to see a photo taken with that camera. We sure have come a long way with technology. Do you know how old it is?; April 20, 2010 at 4:37 AM
Rusty said...: My aunt gave me this camera around 1952. She thought it was perhaps 50 years old then. It takes a standard 4 x 5 cut film or glass plate holder. The lens is a simple acromat. The shutter has a single speed probably about a 30 of a second. It’s an extremely simple mechanism. The lens has two ‘stops’ but I have no idea what the value of each actually is.

The white chip you can see in the photograph looks like it might be ivory and has the following information;

Canadian Camera Co. Montreal
(and in very fine print)
The Whitehead and Moag Co… Newark N.J.; April 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Gail said...: This camera is a work of art by itself.; April 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Anonymous said...: lolly here..I have an old black "Brownie" camera..takes round flashbulbs from about 1960..I keep it for fun..it was my 11th Birthday gift.; July 7, 2010 at 12:49 AM
Rusty said...: Well doggone! There are things about this program I have yet to learn. This (and other) photos vanished from my view - and even now I'm not certain where they are!

Anyhow - my first camera was a Kodak Baby Brownie. I think I was given it in 1938. I still have a few prints of photos I took at the New York World Fair in 1939, but sadly I no longer have the camera.; July 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM