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Manufactured or assembled in France from (Before) 1924 to (After) 1925.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 20570
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Chronology of cameras Lemaire
En 1847, Mr. Lemaire founded a company with just one worker, which would later become the Lemaire Binoculars Manufacture, and then the Baille-Lemaire and Sons Establishments. In 1861, Mr. Lemaire established a training school and a boarding school for apprentices. In 1865, he created a mutual aid fund. In 1869, he introduced a attendance bonus. In 1870, Jean-Baptistin Baille (1841-1918), a graduate of the École Polytechnique, friend of Zola and Cézanne, married Armande Louise, Mr. Lemaire's daughter, and in 1871 became the co-director. Mr. Lemaire passed away in 1881. Jean-Baptistin Baille took over the management of the factory in 1885. The factory was then named Lemaire-Baille. On many patents filed by the company, Jean Louis Baille, the son of Jean-Baptistin, is presented as the inventor of the patented product.
Lemaire produced some fine models of cameras with innovative technical features protected by patents.
The following patents all list Jean Louis Baille (26 Oberkampf Street, Paris) as the inventor and Baille-Lemaire and Sons as the applicant.
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| Patent No. 543,909, filed on November 25, 1921, for improvements made to the focusing devices of cameras. | |
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| Patent No. 1,481,673, filed on February 6, 1922, for a combined roll-holding and plate camera | Patent No. 1,512,664, filed on October 30, 1922, for System of braces for supporting the folding beds of folding cameras |
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| Patent No. 1,528,239, filed on October 30, 1922, for Supporting device for objectives of photographic apparatus | Patent No. 1,544,794, filed on October 30, 1922, for Distance-indicating device for the focusing of photographic apparatus |
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| Patent No. 1,579,345, filed on February 6, 1923, for Plate-carrying frame for photographic apparatus | |
En 1911, there is also a patent (No. 421 0235) for an adjustment method and device for rangefinders filed by the company Baille-Lemaire and Sons, with no inventor mentioned. In 1912, there are other patents for a Sitomicrometer with self-collimating prisms (No. 443 041) or for an optical system with multiple magnifications and automatic focus retention (No. 445 333), etc. Patent filings cease during the First World War and only resume in 1920. The filings definitively stop in 1923.
Despite a rich history, Lemaire is somewhat unknown as a camera manufacturer. Perhaps this is due to the absorption of the company by Boyer, the optician who incorporated the cameras under his own brand. __________
This French camera, although it is rarely encountered in boot sales and photographic exchanges events, was made on a relatively large scale, which may seem paradoxical.
A. Saudax, specialist of French cameras has met it only twice in more than 30 years of research.
The body of this folding is full metal and covered with brown paint which has withstood time. The back of the device is completely separate from the body and allows for easy loading / unloading. The closure system is located under the camera and creates a small protrusion that would make it unstable in vertical position if two bumps were not added to form together three supporting points.
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