Rajar No 6 - the first Bakelite folding camera
Made in England in 1929, this medium format camera is the first folding camera to be made of Bakelite. If you like Bakelite-made objects (as I do) then it's a rather lovely camera to hold.
The use of Bakelite encouraged Kodak to make their own Bakelite camera from 1930 - the Kodak No 2 Hawkette.
The logo design has a "cigarette packet" look, contemporary to 1929. And indeed, people could collect tokens from cigarette packets to get one of these cameras.
There is more information about the camera here:
www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/rajar/no.6/
Rajar No 6 - the first Bakelite folding camera
Made in England in 1929, this medium format camera is the first folding camera to be made of Bakelite. If you like Bakelite-made objects (as I do) then it's a rather lovely camera to hold.
The use of Bakelite encouraged Kodak to make their own Bakelite camera from 1930 - the Kodak No 2 Hawkette.
The logo design has a "cigarette packet" look, contemporary to 1929. And indeed, people could collect tokens from cigarette packets to get one of these cameras.
There is more information about the camera here:
www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/rajar/no.6/