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Rietzschel Platten Clack |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1900 to (Before) 1908.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 14742
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Chronology of cameras Rietzschel
This specimen (No. 11311) was sold by Optique Générale Strasbourg. It is an 11 x 9 cm camera manufactured by Rietzschel in Munich. At the time of the sale, Strasbourg was in Germany, following the defeat of 1870. However, the lens is French; it is an L. Clément Claror 6.3/120 mm.
A. Heinrich Rietzschel learned the trade of precision mechanic and optician at Carl Zeiss in Jena. He later worked at Steinheil and then at Rodenstock.
In 1896, Rietzschel founded his own lens manufacturing company "Optische Anstalt A. Hch Rietzschel GmbH" near Munich.
From 1900, he produced the Clack 1900 and named his company "A. Hch. Rietzschel GmbH, Factory for Photographic Equipment and Lenses." By 1901, the company already employed about a hundred people.
In 1905, he patented a fully metallic camera body.
In 1912, the laboratories were relocated to Aberlestr. 7 in Munich, where fifteen different camera models were produced starting in 1914. A variety of in-house manufactured lenses were available for all models.
After World War I, the company faced economic difficulties. In 1921, Bayer paint factories purchased 80% of Rietzschel's company shares with half of the voting rights. In 1924, the remaining shares were acquired by Bayer. In December 1925, the entire photography division of Bayer was entrusted to Agfa.
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