The Chestermere Historical Foundation has a small collection of old and newish cameras. This is a list of the ones which have been collected and a bit about each of them.
You can see these cameras in the Chestermere Public Library from 01 February until April 15 2022. There are also some sample photos from each of the cameras.
Thank you to donors and loaners for this display and for sample photos for most of the cameras.
1. Instamatic 124 Camera
From Audrey McDonald, January 12, 2016
This camera was made from 1968 to 1971 in Canada. It uses 126 roll film and has facility for flashcubes.
The original list price was $16.95
2. Baby Brownie
From Audrey McDonald, January 12, 2016
This camera was made from 1932 to 1952 in the USA. It was a basic camera which used 127 film and made tiny 2”x 3” photos. Many soldiers took this camera to war.
The original list price was $1.00
3. Viewmaster
Purchased February 9, 2017 for the School Programs
View-Master is a line of special-format stereoscopes and corresponding View-Master “reels”. It was introduced in 1939, four years after Kodachrome color film became available. Each reel has seven stereoscopic 3-D pairs. Most reels are for children. Picture 3a is of one of the Viewmaster Slides.
4.Polaroid Land Camera
From Audrey McDonald, January 12, 2016
This camera uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture. It was patented in 1948. The company folded in 2008.
The original cost was $89.95.
5. Eastman Kodak No. 1
On loan from Kay Clarke Family Collection
This camera was made between 1908 and 1912 by the Eastman Kodak Company. It made 2 ½” × 4 ¼ ” prints and used A116 film.
The original cost was about $12.00
6. Brownie Movie Camera
Donated by Leny Zeitz, 7 November 2014.
See below #9 for more about the home movie cameras of the 60s.
The Brownie 8 mm. Movie Camera was introduced by the Eastman Kodak Company Britain in 1955. Lot of water-skiing was filmed with this Camera. See below for a link in #9 to some movies made by the Linder family of water skiing.
Original price was listed at $47.50
7. Agfa Box Camera
Donated by Leny Zeitz, 7 November 2014
German made Agfa Box camera was produced from 1951 to 1957. This camera was a gift from Leny’s German born husband in 1955??
It originally had a list price of £2.90
8. Herco Imperial 620
From Audrey McDonald, January 12, 2016
The Herco Imperial is a simple plastic box camera that was made in Chicago in 1951. It was economical and had many face plates including Roy Rogers and a Bucking Horse. It made twelve 2 ¼”x 2 ¼” prints
It was originally sold for $3.99.
9. Keystone K25 Super 8 Movie Camera. Made between 1946 and 1960. Loaned by Jen Peddlesden
Super 8mm film cameras were first manufactured in 1965 by Kodak for their newly introduced amateur film format, which replaced the Standard 8 mm film format. Manufacture continued until the rise in popularity of video cameras in the mid 1970s. You can see some old Super 8 movie clips on this webpage, go to The Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer at Chestermere Lake.
10. Bellows Camera ( not on display at this time)
