Chicago Ferrotype Company

occupation:
Manufacturer
Nationality:
American
born in:
Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States

Formed 1904 by brothers Manuel and Louis Mandel; Manufacturer of street photography cameras, including The Mandel-ette Postcard Camera 1911 and ferrotype button camera The Automatic Wonder and the Photo Cannon in 1910; based in Ferrotype Building, 1457 West Congress Street, Chicago, Illinois; expanded rapidly with two manufacturing plants in 1916; last listed 1926.