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Chicago Ferrotype Mandel-ette |
 Version française |
Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1913 to (After) 1913.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 1556
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Chronology of cameras Chicago Ferrotype
This camera is a street camera, allowing itinerant photographers to quickly photograph passersby and hand them the photo immediately.
For this purpose, a direct positive on paper must be used. Inside the camera, there is a small supply of cardboard postcards sized 6 x 9 cm. Their backs are roughly printed. The cards are stacked one behind the other, sensitive side facing the lens, in a vertical direction. After each shot, the photographer inserts his hand into the camera through a sleeve. They open the "card reservoir" and take the first card. Then, they close the "reservoir" and slide the card through a slot located in the base of the camera into the developing tray. The tray, absent from this specimen, is filled with the developing solution. After the process is complete, the photographer separates the tray from the camera easily as it is held by rails. The photographer removes the card from the bath with a squeegee and lets it dry. The process is inexpensive and allows for the quick sale of these small photos. This type of camera is only intended to be used outdoors, in optimal lighting conditions.
Street photographers will use this type of camera until the arrival of the first Polaroids.
The camera is very simply constructed. It is made of lightweight wood covered with fabric. The lens is a simple meniscus, without adjustment. There is only one speed. The viewfinder is reduced to its simplest form. The name of this camera comes from its inventor Louis Mandel. He himself gave the name "While you Wait" to cameras of this type.
L. Mandel filed several patents for Ferrotype cameras or parts of cameras. The main one is No. 18 767, published on February 12, 1914.
And patent number 1,093,341, published on April 14, 1914.
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