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This camera has also been manufactured as the Falcon Press Flash, the Galter Press Flash, and the Regal Flash Master. Made from 1939 to 1950, it was the first camera with a built-in flash reflector.
This mint example is unusual because of the uncommon faceplate design, and because it's made of brown bakelite rather than the usual black.
The Bakelite Travelcade was a touring exhibition. Visitors could watch a hydraulic molding press turning powder into souvenir spoons.
Bakelite is a synthetic plastic developed by Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York. It had electrical nonconductivity and heat-resistant properties which made it useful in electrical insulators, radio and telephone casings.
This is the "Kodak Brownie Holiday". It is bakelite, box type, camera which was produced by Kodak from 1953 to 1957. The Brownie Holiday is identical to the "Brownie Bullet" camera which was produced from 1957 to 1964.
The Brownie Holiday is a fairly simple camera and features a fixed focus, fixed shutter and a fixed aperture. The body of the camera is made out of thick, dark brown bakelite which gives the camera a very heavy and solid feel. The camera is exactly the same as the Brownie Holiday Flash, with exception of three metal sockets which are used to mount the flash attachment to the camera. The camera would have originally used 127 rollfilm and would have allowed the photographer to take twelve 1.6" (4.1cm) by 2.5" (6.3cm) pictures per roll.
A downloadable PDF of the manual for this camera can be found at:
View-Master Bakelite Reel Viewer, Model C - made from 1946-1956.
Photographed with a Primo Jr TLR camera using a Rondo Closeup lens. The film is Rera Pan 400 developed in Beerenol (Rainier Beer).
Recently I found a Vintage purse and like to use it as a bed wall. I bought it at $1 and thought to take off all the pieces for some retro project..... Thank God a saw the brand inside the purse and it says "PlasticFlex." I looked it up on the internet... then I knew I found a vintage treasure from the 40´s made out of Bakelite!!
So this beautiful purse was my inspiration to create a Modern Bedrooom Diorama!
Made of bakelite with a metal faceplate, the Faultless was made c1947 by Bernard Products Co. in Chicago.
I just think this is a gorgeous, understated design.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Kodak Brownie 127 és una càmera de baquelita extremadament barata i senzilla. Fou fabricada al'engròs durant els anys 50 i 60 del s.XX.
Aquesta és el primer model d'aquesta camera, el que es va fabricar entre el 1952 i el 1959.
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The Kodak Brownie 127 was a quite cheap and easy to use bakelite camera, made in England in the 50's and 60's.
This is the first model, made c. 1952-1959. It has a simple meniscus lens, and uses 127 format film, which by now has to be adapted expressely.
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Presented for your viewing pleasure, four cameras from that well known brand from Rochester, N.Y., Kodak. A name synonymous with photography in the 20th century, Kodak made photography affordable, and fun for the average Joe, or Jane. Most families in North America had a Kodak at one time or another, or, perhaps you’ve just shot Kodak film in the past. These four examples are made from the ubiquitous Bakelite, so popular with many camera manufacturers in the early to mid 1900s. In front is the Brownie Holiday Flash, and it was made in Canada by Kodak Canada. Info on this camera can be found at brownie-camera.com/28.shtml.
At left, in back, is the Baby Brownie, in Art Deco style. A very small, simple camera, it was made from Bakelite, starting in 1934. It would be superseded by the camera at right, in back. Info on the Baby Brownie can be found at camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kodak_Baby_Brownie
Middle back, is a Brownie Hawkeye Flash. You’ll see a lot of these at garage sales, antique stores, etc. More info is available at www.brownie-camera.com/27.shtml
The final camera (Back right) is the Baby Brownie Special.The size and shape are very similar to the Baby Brownie, but the Special has a couple added features. These were made from 1938-1954, of Bakelite. More info can be found at camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kodak_Baby_Brownie_Special
The wood is actually leftover flooring from our recent renovations. 3/4" hardwood made to looks distressed. Ironic, since we got rid of the original hardwood floors to lay this. lol
This striking streamlined radio was made by Belmont in USA, but its Bakelite cabinet was not exclusive; small radio makers would buy ready-made cabinets from molders to fit their electronics, so you can find this same design used by other brands. Accordingly, the logo is not molded, but a decal. The cabinet is pressure molded brown Bakelite sprayed cream. This was a cheap way of producing colored radios since Plaskon, the alternative colored plastic at hand those days, was more expensive. There are other plastics present here: Celluloid for the dial scale and lens, Cellulose Acetate for the push buttons and small knob (darkened) and Plaskon for the big tuning knob.
It is 30cm wide.
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This is a real cool record player! Pink!! Inside an unassuming carry case.
The pink plastic is Bakelite (urea) I believe.
The control knobs on the lower left sit on a gold back-painted section
This gorgeous hand-painted black bakelite object is a small lidded container for food mimicking the traditional wooden Kokeshi dolls. Two other shape variants have been seen. Unmarked, it wade in Japan and it looks very much like the 1960s.
It is 10,5cm high.
No doubt you are familiar with Philips, one of the largest electronics companies in the world. Way back in 1950, they manufactured this beautiful bakelite camera for 6cm square exposures on 620 film.
The design, with its integrated flash reflector, is quite similar to the Spartus Press Flash, but this camera is far more scarce.
The "Philips shield" logo, seen below the lens, made its first appearance in 1938. As the company was primarily known for its radios at the time, the wavy lines are meant to represent radio waves, while the stars represent the evening sky through which the radio waves would travel.
Vintage Art Deco Ivalek Bakelite Crystal Radio Set By Ivory Electric Ltd Great Britain ..Picked up for 50p ...given to my Father who collects Radio's
Chunky colorful Bakelite (Catalin) bangles in a more geometric and simple style then the carved ones posted before. They were made using the same machining techniques and the two at the bottom of the pile on the left show the external aspect of the original stock tubes used to make all of them. These tubes were about the same height of these stacks. Unmarked, they may have been made in USA. The bangles have the standard inner diameter of 2 and a half inches.
To see more Bakelite bangles in this collection:
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The Argus M is a small bakelite camera with a great streamlined design, introduced in 1939. The camera sported a 47mm f6.3 lens within a collapsible mount, and had the unique ability to take either full-frame or half-frame pictures on 828 film.
The Model M was only manufactured in 1939-40, but years later, Argus used the same body style for another camera named the Model 19, AKA the Minca 28. Argus likely sold the dies at some point, and the camera was later produced as a premium under the names Delco 828 and Camro 28.
Plastics were fundamental to the development of media technologies since the 19th century. When Bakelite reached the market by 1920 it made a revolution in electronics due to its moldability and electric insulation properties. The base of this German Löewe radio tube and its socket are made of molded Bakelite. As a matter of fact, this tube had all the electronics needed for a radio. All other parts were peripherals like dials, knobs and sockets for headphones. This radio was made in Germany meant to be sold to the English market.
The tube is 18 cm high.
The picture of the complete radio was taken from the book "Bakelite Radios" by Robert Hawes.
Another bakelite camera from the USA. Very basic, uses 127 film, but takes 16 pictures because of the 3x4 negative, so no medium format. Results will be worst than those of the Brownie. The style is still Art Deco, although this is 1945. The camera is large, the term miniature was used with a lot o optimism, it even has room inside for a spare film.
In spite of all this, the camera inspired a Lomographic modern camera called the Sprocket Rocket, but for 90% less money,you can have the real deal!
On the underside 'Made in England Bendix & Herbert Ltd London E.7.' Presumably made in Forest Gate which is E.7. Purchased in Hemel Hempstead.
Accidentally discovered a new imitative technique for me, faux Bakelite. Paired this pendant with a nice old swivel clip.
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Cocktail Set, 1925-29
designed by Erik Magnussen, Danish, 1884-1961
manufactured by Gorham, Providence, RI
Silver and bakelite
C.P.F. - Colossus Pipe Factory
Kaufmann Bros & Bondy 129 Grand Street, New York
Pipestems were the first applications of bakelite from about 1920
A "tombstone" Bakelite radio made in USA by the Pilot Radio Corporation, circa 1936. The design is attributed to Jan Streng, halfway between Streamlining and Art Deco.
Bakelite camera identical to the Smena-1, but with synchronized flash. Shutter ZT-8 with delay mechanism.
Produced: 1955-1962
Name: „Смена-2“
Producer: GOMZ/MMZ
Lens: Triplet-22 4.5/40
Shutter: 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200 + B.
Year of release: 1955-1962 GOMZ
1957-1961 MMZ.
Quantity: 1.579.326 units (GOMZ)
±300.000 units (MMZ)
Original price (in year 1961) 13 roubles.
Ultra Fex Himalaya bakelite camera.
Made in France (1951), it produces 6x9 cm images on 620 film.
Ilford HP5 film respooled and developed in Ilfosol 3
Test roll
Bakelite Reflex style camera.
Made in Japan by Goyo, ca. 1955.
6x6cm / 620 film.
This is the export model of the Palma Brilliant Model 2, which used 120 film. I don't think there was a Model 1, so the Model 2 is definitely an improvement.
©1950's Philips - Netherlands
Just look at this bakelite beauty!
With a lovely built in flash - this camera has style for days! That viewfinder is pretty slick too!
Uses 620 film for 6x6cm photos.
I'm so pleased to be able to add this to my collection! *super happy dance!*