Universal
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Universal Camera Corp. was a film maker and camera maker that created some unique camera designs in New York during the 1930s and 40s. The company was founded in 1932 by Otto W. Githens and Jacob J. Shapiro. Its address was 521 South Avenue, later 23 West Road. It made cine cameras, still cameras, and telescopes. In 1952 the company became insolvent. Somehow its business has been kept alive until 1964.
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| Univex Corsair II | Univex Zenith | Univex Uniflash | |||
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Links
- Universal Camera Corporation at www.paleopix.com [1]
- Univex Ultrachrome film at Scott's Photographica [2]
- brief article about Universal in Photographica Digest May 2006 at [3] Western Photographic Historical Society
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camera links
- The Univex AF-2 page at Scott's Photographica collection
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
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Literature
- Cynthia A. Repinski: The Univex Story, 1991
