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When the Belgian Leo Hendrik Baekeland discovered in 1909 a paste whose principal characteristic was to harden with heat, it did not suspect that it had just opened the way with the development of a matter which was going to revolutionize the industrial world.

Opacity, the mouldability, the very great resistance and the low manufacturing cost of Bakelite are as many qualities from which the manufacturers of cameras of the interval wars will take advantages.

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 Argus Inc.
Argus A
1936 - 1941
 51296
 Film 135 (24 x 36 mm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 Argus Inc.
Argus C3 Colormatic
1954 - 1958
1143632
 Film 135 (24 x 36 mm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format

Argus Inc.
Argus C3 Matchmatic
 1958 - 1966
 1820475804
 Film 135 (24 x 36 mm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 Argus Inc.
Argus C3 Golden Shield
 1958 - 1966
 1820372963
 Film 135 (24 x 36 mm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
SuperFex
1945 - 1960
-
Film 127 (4 x 6,5 cm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Ultra-FEX (4° model)
1951
-
6 x 9 cm

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Ultra-FEX (8° model)
1960
-
6 x 9 cm


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 Manufacturer
Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Ultra-FEX "Spring"
1948
-
6 x 9 cm


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 Manufacturer
Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Uni-FEX
1949
-
6 x 9 cm

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Fex 4.5 (1st version)
1956
-
Film 120 (bi-format 6 x 6 et 6 x 9)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX
Elite (2° generation)
1959
-
Film 120 (bi-format 6 x 6 et 6 x 9)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 FEX (for BAUCHET)
Mosquito I
1948-1950
-
Film 620 (6 x 9 cm)

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Model
Year

Serial #
Format		 FEX
Super Boy
1951 (Paperwork model)
1956 (Bakelite model)
-
Film 127 (3 x 4 cm)

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Model
Year

Serial #
Format		 KODAK PATHE
Brownie Flash Camera
(French model)
1950 - 1961
-
Film 620 (6 x 6 cm)


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 Manufacturer
Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 MIOM
Photax III blindé
1947 - 1951
-
Film 620 (6 x 9 cm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 MIOM
Photax III VA
1955 - 1961
428777
Film 620 (6 x 9 cm)

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Manufacturer
Model
Year
Serial #
Format

 MIOM
Photax IV F
1951 - 1962
-
Film 620 (6 x 9 cm)

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Manufacturer
Model
Year
Serial #
Format

 MIOM
Photax V
1955 - 1957
-
Film 620 (6 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 PHILIPS N.V.
Philips Box Flash
1950
-
Film 620 (6 x 6 cm)

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Model
Year
Serial #
Format		 SPEED-O-MATIC Corp.
Speed-O-Matic
c.1948
-
Direct positive paper (5 x 7.5 cm)

 

 

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