Ica Minimum Palmos (456)

Photos by Sylvain Halgand text by Sylvain Halgand. From the collection of Musée de la photo de Graçay. Last update 2015-03-20 par Michel Rochevalier.

Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1912 to 1924.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 5641

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Chronology of cameras Ica

Ica AG (International Camera Aktien Gesellschaft) was established in 1909 through the merger of the companies Huttig, Krugener, Wuensche, and Carl Zeiss Palmos, with Zulauf joining in 1911.

Several years were required to finalize this merger, during which production relied on the expertise of each of the founding companies. From this period, you can find some original models, but also often copies from one or another of the previous brands bearing the name Ica, sometimes even not listed in an Ica catalog and without a specific model code.

It was from 1912 that the situation stabilized, and the various camera models began to follow a certain coherence until 1926, when Ica ceased to exist. It was absorbed, along with others, into Zeiss Ikon.

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On peut trouver ce klapp sous trois marques différentes : Ica, Zeiss Ikon, mais aussi Carl Zeiss.

Carl Zeiss en fut le créateur en 1902. En 1909, la nouvelle marque ICA regroupe plusieurs constructeurs, dont Carl Zeiss. Le Minimum Palmos devient alors ICA, jusqu'en 1926, date de la fusion dans le groupe Zeiss Ikon. Certains modèles du Minimum Palmos seront alors fabriqués jusqu'à la fin des années 20.

Les Minimum Palmos sont des klapp horizontaux, à obturateur à rideau, à l'exception de la série des 450, qui sont verticaux. Ils existent en 4,5 x 6 cm, 6,5 x 9 cm, 9 x 12 cm, 10 x 15 cm, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch et 4 x 5 inch.

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