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The Delco 828 is clearly a knock-off or re-tagged variant of the "Argus M" and "Argus Minca" cameras - my favorite American-made streamlined bakelite cameras.
For World Toy Camera Day
"Donald Duck" bakelite toy camera, c. 1946, 127 format.
Rera Pan 100, developed in caffenol.
A Bakelite light switch.
The first electric power source to this particular house was a small turbine in a stream, with a little dam. That turbine provided a few farms with electricity untill 1942. Each evening at 10 pm the power was cut, cause they saved up water in the dam during the night. Before the electricity was definately cut for the night, the operator turned the power on/off three times so that people would know it was time. Those where the days..!
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Bakelite box camera for roll film size 620, made in USA (1949-1951) .
Similar to the Brownie Hawkeye camera (without flash contacts) , but renamed and with Spanish text inside .
Taken with a Kodak 127 Bakelite camera given to me by my uncle, this was my very first railway photograph, taken at the age of twelve. I experienced very mediocre results with this camera (as noted here!) and soon decided that my limited funds at the time were far better channelled into purchasing rail tickets to enable further locomotive and unit sightings to be underlined into my very first Ian Allan ABC combined volume, rather than wasting money on results like this. The shot (into the sun, wrong side for the light!) was taken on my very first visit to Willesden shed, on 10th April 1965, when I encountered this Riddles 'WD' 2-8-0, my first sight of such a loco, a visitor from Wigan Springs Branch depot where it was allocated at the time. For me, living on the Southern Region, it was definitely the 'cop of the day' and it was a 'no-brainer' to record it on film, and the bold number on the cab-side was most definitely my focus of attention at the time. Although the negative has long been discarded, along with all of my early negatives taken in the mid-1960s, I still have the treasured photograph of this memorable day, although I have no record of the precise date unfortunately, although I do know that the '8F' beyond was 48203, visiting from Bletchley depot.
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Plastic (Bakelite) camera for roll film size 127 , made in USA . Folding metal frame finder . Similar to the "Baby Brownie" camera that was made in USA from 1934-1941. Presumably under this name made for export purposes .
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Minolta's first 6x6 format camera. Made almost entirely of Bakelite.
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Bakelite Pseudo TLR from the 1940s. Taking 127 film (3 x 4 cm exposures). Very similar to several Pseudo TLR Bakelite cameras from Chicago though "Made in France" according to plate.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Cluster
[warning: this is a digital snap ^^. the sensor escaped stand development]
The workhouse was used as a refuge for women and children in the 60s and early 70s. Some of the rooms have been left as the National Trust found them.
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:
What title says ;)
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Zeiss Ikon Simplex 511/2 (1938,) Nettar 105 f/6,3 , folding camera bakelite 6x9 + Kodak Ektar 100, focus with metric scale, exposure meter ..... use the rule of 16 ....
Another fine cheap Bakelite/plastic camera from Chicago. A half frame 127 with two shutter speeds, bulb and sometimes.... The shutter is about 1/80th when new and probably won't even work when you get it. I cleaned this up, stretched the spring out and have about 1/100th now. This has a strange 'pull out to focus' lens like an old Leica lens. It is about as good a focus as any meniscus lens can do. The box is much more interesting than the camera. Great graphics.
I've yet to see another one with the white button on the lens housing. The nearest I've seen to it is "the formal design patent for the Baby Brownie Special" posted by Rick Soloway here flic.kr/p/uTMPcG
A Bakelite body camera made in France in 1951.
Fex sponsored a Himalayan mountain climbing expedition in 1951, hence the name.
Little Bakelite Art Deco Butterfly Gumstrip Holder.
Butterfly Gumstrip is still about but I don't think it comes in the 5/8 inch width anymore.
It is just 2 inches square by 1 inch across and possibly dates from the 1930s or '40s.
Bakelite plastic children's game made by M&L Plastics, Melbourne VIC Australia 1945-55. The 'M' was my husband's Uncle Maurice.
I hate simple. Simple is boring. But with this picture/project I got so frustrated with its complexity, I nearly gave up.
Let's start with the bed: Shooting covers is hard, especially if all you want them to do is 'ripple' in relation to a large gust of wind. It's amazing how even a small move on a cover will appear ott as soon as you really scrutinize on your monitor, looking as if someone is actually in the bed. As a result, the first lot of cover shots were rubbish. All hopelessly dominating the frame and making the bed look scruffy. I reshot the covers the next day. And because it was at dusk, I resorted to a 30 second exposure at F5, ISO 500. To be honest, I wouldn't even be surprised if the corner of the bed which is turned up (due to a gust of wind obviously!) suddenly disappeared overnight either as I'm not entirely happy with it.
The curtains were shot with only natural light from outside. F13, and 0.5 exposure. A fan at the base provided the movement.
Agnes was lit with two strobes, one large octogon housing a Bowens GM200 at the lowest power setting, touching the ceiling. Another Bowens GM200 with grided snoot was pointing back at her head and situated behind her. This is where it gets interesting. I couldn't have got the two lights into the far left corner of the room (camera left), but they did fit neatly into the right corner. This image of Agnes is therefore horizontally flipped so that she appears with her head towards the pillow end of the bed. Settings for that shot: ISO 250, F4, 1/40th. We did try some shots of Agnes positioned the 'right way' round, and although they were fine, this was my winner for expression.
I mounted a small long step ladder on the slats under the mattress for her to rest on, and the image you see is just two shots, the secondary one, providing her hands. We used the same fan for Agnes' hair that was also used for the curtains..
I've been fortunate to have an article printed in Advanced Photographer this month in which I trumpeted the fact that you should try and keep all your settings the same for levitation pictures. I thought about that afterwards, and a little demon popped in and said 'you should try and mix strobe with natural light, it'll be fun!'. The frustration I referred to was the differing colour temperatures and lighting being all over the place. But, it can be done.
For the final image, I imported the composite back into Lightroom and used some split toning and vignetting.
Why the title? Edware 6222, extension 7 is the original number on the phone.
This is my third image with the Bakelite phone, and originally I was going to have the phone, shot many times with the 'base' on the ceiling and the receiver dropping down and turned to face her, like attacking snakes, but I decided that might clutter the frame and appear messy, so I just went for the single phone by the bed. I have another bakelite phone shot coming up. Your comments are always appreciated.
Given to me by my sister-in-law. Made in Germany from 1950-52. In my eyes it is one of the most beautiful old cameras.
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The Kodachrome Pictures:
These recently uploaded Kodachrome pictures have no artistic value. They were just uploaded to be representative of consumer Kodachrome picture recording during about 70 of the 75 years that Kodachrome was commercially available to the public. Unlike in today’s digital world it took time, money and effort to make a Kodachrome slide. We took fewer pictures, trying to stretch resources, but some sere still frivolous.
I’m 97 (2016) and all tuckered out. I probably will not post much more. The ratio of today’s digital pictures that are kept for any length of time and/or printed is much less than the film photos taken in days past. History will be lost. Meanwhile you get to be bored by some old Kodachromes.
The Camera:
Most of these pictures are not very sharp. They were taken with an Argus AF 35mm miniature Bakelite camera bought in 1938 at the USNA by saving much of my small student stipend for about six months. It had a Cooke style three element lens of marginal quality for its day of laughable quality compared with any of today’s SLR lenses. It had slightly better resolving ability than today’s ever more scarce disposable film cameras. The AF was an Argus upgrade which enabled the camera to focus at different lengths from about 1.5 feet to infinity. Most consumer cameras of that day were what we call medium format today. Most of the cheaper consumer grade cameras were little more than box- cameras with single element non-focusing meniscus lenses. The larger film hid much of the softness. The then newer miniature cameras had to do better because of the smaller film exposure size.
The Film: Kodachrome (10 ASA)...
Kodachrome was my favorite film. My first roll in the late 30s was such a marvel to a young man. I had tried Dufaycolor which did pretty good, but if it had to be projected you had to ignore the lines of color which made up the image. Kodachrome was so much more colorful to boot. It was extremely sharp and almost grainless compared to other color and B&W processes.
Kodachrome was unique in American film history. Except for a licensee who used Kodachrome’s older process for a few years, nobody made anything like it. Most color films had all the color in the film. Kodachrome picked up color from the processing baths. Also unlike modern slide films which use chemical energy to reverse the negative image, Kodachrome used filtered lights to re-expose within the processing machine. Kodachrome evolved over the years, and was usually the clearest, sharpest grain free color film one could buy. That is until Kodak made a decision to reduce the budget to improve the product in favor of other products and offerings. Fuji Velvia soon eclipsed it in resolution and could be processed locally in regular E-6 mini-machines.
The Scanner, a Nikon IV ED:
The Nikon IV ED was rated by the manufacture to scan at 2900 PPI. Unlike most other scanners testing with a glass plate USAF 1951 with the resolution chart metal deposited on it, showed both vertical and horizontal resolution to be very close to that figure. When scanning a chart at maximum resolution one has to be concerned with registration between the lines on the chart and the pixel placement of the sensor. Exact registration is a hit and miss, re-trial exercise. With film the scanned bits of silver and dye clumps are randomly scattered without the need to have perfect alignment. I’d rate the IV ED at or very near 2900 PPI on film. Most scanners are over rated by 50-100%
In the golden age of steam and ocean travel, gentlemen who went travelling always took a small Nécessaire de Voyage and ladies a Travel de Nécessaire (small travelling case) with them. Unlike other valises, portmanteaus or trunks which would be stored in ship’s holds or the baggage cars of trains, these small cases would travel with their owners and as the names suggest, contained the essential items for a gentleman or lady to repair their toilette whilst en route.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Freestyle On The Fifth”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, “beauty” was chosen by Andrew ()
These Travel de Nécessaires are part of a collection and are all early Twentieth Century examples. It seemed an appropriate entry for this months FFF theme considering they were considered essential for beauty whilst travelling.
Top left: An Art Deco Streamline Moderne six piece jade green Bakelite, chrome and glass Travel de Nécessaire, consisting of brush, comb, three powder pots and a perfume bottle. Made in England by the Halex Company (1897 - 1971) of Highams Park (a district in the London). The set, comes in a travelling case of green dyed leather with a salmon coloured satin lining. It also has one original powder puff in apricot, one in pale pink and one in primrose yellow. There is also a nail file and set of tweezers in metal as well as a removable mirror. (Circa 1930s).
Bottom left: A Bauhaus style nine piece chromium and glass Travel de Nécessaire, consisting of a Bakelite toothbrush, two powder pots, a pill box, a jewellery case and a perfume bottle. Made in Berlin by an unknown manufacturer. The set comes in a salmon coloured dyed leather travelling case with chocolate brown inlay in a Bauhaus design. It is in the shape of a handbag and the whole interior sits within a chromium plated tray with handles which enables a quick removal so that the case may be used as a handbag. It has a cream satin lining and an affixed bevelled mirror. (Circa 1928).
Top right: An Art Deco Streamline Moderne six piece sterling silver, pale blue guilloché enamel and glass Travel de Nécessaire, consisting of brush, comb, two powder pots and two perfume bottles. Made in England by Walker and Hall in Birmingham in 1925. The set comes in a travelling case of blue dyed leather with a cream coloured satin lining. Walker and Hall was established in Sheffield in 1845 by George Walker. Becoming an assistant of Dr. John Wright who had conducted important experiments on electroplating Walker secured the royalty of electroplating for Sheffield. The business was joined by Henry Hall and became in 1853 Walker & Hall. Walker and Hall still exists today as a silver business in New Zealand.
Bottom right: An Edwardian eleven piece 9 carat gold and tortoiseshell Travel de Nécessaire, consisting of brush, clothes brush comb, nail file, button hook, pill box, needle case, scent bottle, hairpin holder, notepad and mirror. Made in England in 1908 in London, but the maker’s marks on all the pieces are too badly rubbed to be able to identify by whom. The set comes in a travelling case of blue dyed leather with a cream coloured satin lining. It comes with its own brass key.
Welcome to bakelite camera Memory Lane - two Hopalong Cassidy cameras. As seen in the collection of kodakcollector.
Seu Oasis, Sardinia, last summer.
Original shot taken with a Pouva Start, Bakelite camera, 6x6 format on Fujichrome Velvia 100 asa, almost no post processing, just scanned.
with Bakelite headshell and Ortofon ST-104-style plinth
Spotted at the Kutztown Audio & Radio Show, May 2025
Last night I was given an SX-70 as a present! It's a "Sonar OneStep," and it's darn skippy. This is the first picture I've taken with it.
©1940's Haneel Tri-Vision Co
Alhambra, CA,
Unique bakelite stereo camera with aluminum accents. This one is of the 2nd generation and the backside is made of cast aluminum.
828 film for 28x30 photos
Super stylish with nice art deco lines. Love this little guy!
Now who can i.d. his friend in the background? =)
Credit to BMTH for that galvanized barrel, which made for good composite flakes :)
Built to replace the well serviced Pantàra, the Bakelite derives it's name from the composite shell that makes up the majority of it's outer body. The Bakelite shell was chosen for it's extraordinary heat and chemical resistance, and has been blended with polymer chips to give it a high impact resistance. The B-MG utilizes revolutionary dual rotary 25 round magazines, giving it a low profile without sacrificing ammunition capacity.
1932 Ford Pickup, where else but at the Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Rialto, California. It is one of only three remaining teepee motels in the US from the 1930's.
Ultra Fex 620 bakelite camera on AGFA Portrait XPS160 film.
This 620 film camera was built between 1938-1946 by M.I.O.M. of France, with three shutter speeds of 1/100, 1/25 or T. This solid Bakelite built camera has an extending screw thread lens barrel with the shutter button on the end, this camera would of had a lens cap that covered the entire lens and shutter mechanism but which is unfortunately missing.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called "Freestyle On The Fifth". A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, "bird" was chosen by Beverley (www.flickr.com/photos/137349496@N06/).
This is my first invitation to participate in "Freestyle On The Fifth", so I would just like to thank the FFF+ Group for allowing me to add my photos to the pool.
This second entry was inspired by my umbrella and parasol collection. I have a large collection of brollies, antique and new, including a few with hooked bird handles.
The one on the right is the oldest in my collection. It is an 1820s silk parasol. It is French, and when opened, the circumfrence of the silk shade is remarkably small by today's standards, as was the fashion then. The handle of pear wood is carved into an elegant duck's head. It's beak is made of copper, and its eyes are made of drops of amber. It was a gift to me from a very dear friend who was also an antique dealer.
The middle one is a "Paragon" umbrella made by S. Fox and Company in England. It an exuberant example of roaring 20s fun! This umbrella was made in the era when plastic was a new and expensive material. The handle is wood, but the head, also a duck, is made of Bakelite. Bakelite was the first plastic made from synthetic components. It was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York in 1907. This umbrella comes with its original tassel around its handle and its original sheath. S. Fox and Company was established in 1868 and still manufacture umbrellas in England to this day. This umbrella was also a gift to me from another dear friend who was also an antique dealer.
The umbrella on the left is a Mary Poppins umbrella. Whoever has seen either the 1974 Walt Disney film starring Julie Andrews, or the 2018 Mary Poppins Returns film starring Emily Blunt will recognise this snappy parrot brolly who talks back and scolds Mary Poppins. This umbrella has a hand painted wooden handle and was brought back for me from New York by friends who saw the Broadway musical of Mary Poppins in 2007.
The avian themed paper they rest against is luxury paper that I bought from Borders bookshop when they were closing down. I always felt the paper was too pretty to use and would come in handy some day!
So here we have my "Gaggle of Brollies" entry.
G.A.S. acting up again. 😄 Picked up this small, sturdy Bakelite 1950's camera. Made by Whitehouse Products, Brooklyn, New York. it's a half-frame camera, making 16 3x4 cm exposures on 127 film. this camera has a "bellows" of sorts in that the square panel around the lens pulls out for shooting. it has a little viewfinder, a shutter release and a tripod mount, and a shutter of unspecified speed and aperture.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Whitehouse_Products
shot with the Viltrox 13mm.
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This Argus camera was produced in USA from 1938 to 1942 by the International Research Corp., attributed to designer Gustav Fassin. Made with a Bakelite body, metal front and back with black fake leather panels and chromed buttons and trims. The nickname "the brick" refers not only to its shape but to its odd weight. Almost 850 grams for a 13 x 6,5 x 4,5 cm camera.
Sarah met a friendly dog wondering around in the Scottish highlands. He did not have a person anywhere to be seen. They quickly became friends. She is calling him Heathcliff, inspired by her time in the moors in Bronte Country.
Blythe a Day - High Point of Third Leg- 3/20/24
I found this dog at a flea market. He is hollow without any manufacturers markings. There are seam markings along his underside and legs. Thanks for some Flickr help from Carrie Berry and Happy Wonders, it seems to be a vintage Bakelite rough collie. THANK YOU!
Sarah Shades Blythe doll
Stock Blythe jacket - Pleasant Surprise
Vintage flea market dog - Bakelite Rough Collie
Barbie boots
Barbie bag?
Handmade pants
Calendar background
Dried moss
Bakelite is a trademarked name and the world’s first synthetic plastic. Unlike thermoplastics like CA and ABS, Bakelite is a thermoset, meaning that once the resin has hardened it cannot be remolded. It is heat-resistant and inflexible, as well as very shiny and slightly translucent. These bricks were produced for LEGO by the Swedish company Geas Konstharts from 1950–1953, before they rebranded as PRIMA and switched to a polystyrene, which was likely cheaper to produce and had more coloration potential.
*At least, this is the current AFOL historian consensus for these Geas bricks. From my limited readings, it seems they may more likely be Catalin or Beetle, given the consistent bright colors and slight translucency.
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Bakelite camera from Eastman Kodak
3" X 3" X 3" and 7 ounces.
Shutter 1/40 and lens f/11
Focus 5" - infinity
Just loaded this little beauty and will take test shots soon.
box, art, rusty hibachi grate, grapevines, glass balls, washers, antique illustration, paper, bakelite beads, assemblage, computer printer part, erector set piece, found object
7.5" X 7.5"