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Argus Model A
The Argus Model A helped to popularize the 135 format of film in the United States. This was a low-cost camera at $12.50 in 1936 - around $290 in 2025 dollars. The camera body is made of bakelite, with apertures of f/4.5, f/5.6, f/8, and f/11 and a collapsible lens. This particular camera is in a leather case that flaps down for picture-taking, and has a short start-up manual with the inscription requesting its return if found. Serial Number: 15435
Sony Video Camera Recorder CCD-TR5
This video camera records to 8mm video format cassettes, and is capable of recording both video and sound. Videos can be played back to TVs or color monitors by AV inputs. Videos can also be watched back directly on the camera. Some edits can be done on the camera, such as recording title screens and inserting footage over other footage, for making more advanced home videos. This camera comes with a large case of accessories, and the soft-touch plastic on the camera body is beginning to degrade and become sticky.
King Camera
Very similar to the King camera made by Rochester Camera Mfg. Co., this camera is distinguished by the direction of the springs on the back (two springs facing the other two, rather than all being in the same direction) and brass pieces on the side of the camera. This is a very large camera, though it could be folded if it were in better condition. On this particular camera, the bellows are ripped in a few places. Pictures it took would have been with glass plates, not film.
No. 1A Rexo
The Rexo 1A, manufactured between 1916 and 1931, was positioned as a lower-price alternative to the Kodak Autographic popular at the time. This camera folds into a rectangular shape for travel and storage, and uses 2.5/4.5 inch film. The lens is a F7-5 Rexo Anastigmat F 5 1/4 in lens, and it has an Ilex shutter.