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AGFA ANSCO
| AGFA was the abbreviation for Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation, given in 1873 to a company that had been founded in Berlin in 1867. It produced chemicals for photography. Most famous is the film developer Rodinal, introduced in 1892 and continued for 115 years. When Agfa obtained the Rietzschel camera works in Munich from Bayer in 1925, it badged all Rietzschel products with its Agfa rhombus. In 1926 it introduced the first real Agfa camera, the Standard. In 1927 the name Rietzschel disappeared from the products. In that year the successful Billy camera series was introduced, and Agfa licensed Ansco to manufacture its products for the American market. Read more about Agfa at Camerapedia and Ansco at Camerapedia |
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No.
1A Folding Ansco |
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| Description |
Anastigmat f7.5 in llex |
| Year |
c1915 - 1926 |
| Film Size |
116 rollfilm |
| Value |
$12 - $20 |
| Acquired |
May 2010. Purchased on eBay for $7.50 |
| Sample Photos |
Cowboys Stadium Arlington TX June 19, 2010 I think I forgot to set the distance which resulted in this out of focus photo. I will retest.
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No.
1 Ansco Junior |
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| Description |
Vertical-style. Originally available with Achromatic, Rectilinear or Modico Anastigmat lens in Actus or Bionic shutter. Later versions had other options. |
| Year |
c1924 - 1932 |
| Film Size |
2 1/4 X 3 1/4" on rollfilm |
| Value |
$15 - $30 |
| Acquired |
December 2007. Christmas gift from a friend. |
| Sample Photos |
No sample photo due to light leaks in bellows |
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No.
1 Readyset Royal |
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| Description |
Folding
camera with genuine leather covering in specially embossed and
colored finish. The somewhat random radical striations and the
brown & black mottled colors give the appearance of the fur
of a silver fox. The exposed metal parts are grey enameled. Black
bellows; chrome trim. Originally packaged in silver-colored cardboard
box. |
| Year |
c1931 - 1932 |
| Film Size |
B2 |
| Value |
$30 - $50 |
| Acquired |
October 15, 2000. Purchased
at Looking Glass Antique Mall in Lewisville, Texas for $45 |
| Sample Photos |
No sample photo due to light leaks in bellows |
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D-6
Shur-Shot Special |
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| Description |
Same as Shur-Shot
Regular, but with built-in closeup lens. Early type, c1935, has
black art-deco faceplate, has vertical band of 30 narrow stripes,
flanked by three stars on each side of the lens. Later, c1939, has
light face with U-shaped band of 6 thin black stripes. |
| Year |
c1935-1941 |
| Film Size |
116 |
| Value |
$5 - $15 |
| Acquired |
cAugust 2004. Gift from
a friend. |
| Sample Photos |
Currently untested |
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Shur-Flash |
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| Description |
Basic box
camera with flash attachment. The film box still contains two
unopened rolls of film. There is one opened roll, but it does not
appear to have been exposed. Looks like it was just opened and
placed back inside the foil wrapper. The expiration date on the
back of the film box says May 1961. |
| Year |
c1953 |
| Film Size |
120 |
| Value |
$1 - $10 Original
list price according to the card it came with was $9.75 including tax.
This included the Shur-Flash Camera, Anscoflash Type III, three
rolls
of Ansco
all-weather film and four flashlamps. The two AA batteries for
the flash were not included. |
| Acquired |
June 2005. Gift from
parents. |
| Sample Photos |
Currently untested |
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Super
Regent |
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| Description |
Made by Agfa
Munchen; the Ansco equivalent of the Agfa Super solinette. CRF. Solinar
f3.5 lens in Synchro-Compurshutter |
| Year |
1954 - 1960 |
| Film Size |
35mm |
| Value |
$55 - $85 |
| Acquired |
June 11, 2000. Purchased
at Montgomery Street Antique Mall in Fort Worth, Texas for $21. |
| Sample Photos |
 
Flowers and tree in my yard Bedford TX July 17, 2010
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