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Imperial Camera Corporation Lark |
 Version française |
Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1961 to (After) 1963.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 784
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Chronology of cameras Imperial Camera Corporation
Traduction de Sylvain Halgand
Imperial was the new name of “Herbert George” since 1961. The change of corporate name did not change the creed of the company which was to manufacture simple and popular cameras. The cameras are made of plastic, of a very limited handling. The colors are often enough sharp compared with those of the remainder of the production photographs (it seems Tupperware ).
Starting in 1961, the Herbert George company was succeeded by Imperial. The cameras produced by the new brand continued in the same vein as those of Herbert George.
According to the patent application dates, Imperial remained active until the early 1980s but increasingly shifted production to Asia.
The patents filed by Imperial Camera Corp. list George Irwin as the inventor, who had already worked for Herbert George in the latter half of the 1950s. The illustrations accompanying the patent applications correspond to Herbert George or Imperial cameras and accessories.
| Herbert George | |
| 1959 Universal flash lamp socket  US2912665 |
1961 Flash camera and reflector  US2977865 |
| Imperial Camera Corp. | |
| 1961 Flash Camera  US3001461 |
1964 Flash bulb holder and camera assembly  US3118613 |
| 1965 Flash holder construction  US3211902 |
1966 Flash shutter with double exposure prevention  US3246589 |
| 1966 Flash synchronized shutter  US3254581 |
1966 Flash bulb holding means  US3259868 |
| 1968 Camera construction  US3406621 |
1969 Flashcube sockets  US3431542 |
| 1970 Improvements in or relating to cameras with flashcube mechanisms  GB1183080 |
1971 Cartridge type camera construction  US3605595 |
| 1971 Firing and synchronizing mechanism for percussion-ignitable flashlamps  US3628431 |
1972 Flash lamp actuating structure  US3665827 |
| 1980 Flash lamp operating mechanism  US4204757 |
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