Vintage Central Camera catalog ...

[dmr]

Yes, *THAT* Central Camera, back in 1936!

Surf here:

http://www.vintag.es/2012/06/central-camera-company-catalog-1936.html

Lotsa Leica, Zeiss stuff. I particularly like the Exakta "Reflecting camera with focal plane" SLR. 🙂 Folders, box cameras, etc. ...

Enjoy 🙂

 

[shadowfox]

Droool!!

Thanks for sharing that, Denise.

 

[Trius]

It's not a catalog, it's an almanac!

 

[zauhar]

That is cool!

Interesting that rangefinders were "autofocus" cameras back then!

Randy

 

[Noll]

Very nice, it's surprising to see how little certain taglines have changed.

and oh golly... I see this link to "Girls with Vintage Camera Blog" on the side .... I'm powerless to resist!

 

[Ken Ford]

What a great find! To think I've been shopping there for almost 40 years myself...

 

[dmr]

What a great find! To think I've been shopping there for almost 40 years myself...

Thanks. 🙂

I've only been there once, after passing the place countless times on foot and on the El the many times I was in Chicago over the years.

I finally got there a few years ago. Just bought a couple rolls of film and browsed for maybe 5 minutes. I was running a bit tight for a lunch appointment so I had to scoot.

It's always on my maybe-do-it-list each time I go to Chicago, but it hasn't come up to the top again just yet. 🙂

 

[l.mar]

Wow! Where I got my first "real" camera (a Ricoh Singlex TLS) in the early 70's, and where my Dad got his first nice camera in the 1950's (a Voigtlander Vito II). I still try to stop by Central at least once a month!