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Kodak Century of Progress World's Fair Souvenir |
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Photos by Sylvain Halgand text by Eric Borel. From the collection of TL. Last update 2015-01-13 par Sylvain Halgand.
Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1933 to 1933.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 5027
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Chronology of cameras Kodak
About 2,000 copies of this box camera were built for the World Exhibition "Century of Progress World's Fair" which took place from May, 27 to first of November 1933 in Chicago.
The exhibition was the only place where the camera was sold.
The base for construction of for this box was the Brownie Special No 2. Walter Teague designed it.
Ansco did the same with one of its cameras.
The motto of the fair was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms".
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