Ansco Memo 35mm Box camera; cassette camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1923-1933 in Binghampton
maker:
Ansco

Box form camera for 35mm film 17 x 24mm. Cine-veliostigmat lens, F:6.3-16 fixed focus. Deltax no 0 shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Rotating disc frame counter calibrated for 50 exposures, Advanced by shutter release. Film in wooden cassettes. Advanced by sliding claw mechanism behind pressure plates. Direct vision optical finder. Ansco, c.1928.

Ansco sold several different cameras which were simply called 'Memo'.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1175
Materials:
glass and wood
type:
35mm camera and box camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford