One of my wife’s favorite pastimes is browsing in antique stores and malls. I frequently accompany her on these visits, occupying my time shooting photos, usually with an iPhone, of items or displays that I find interesting and/or nostalgic.
I recall seeing the Memorex magnetic recording tape commercials many years ago, but I do not recall Memorex brand radios, which seems strange, since Memorex came into existence in 1961, while I was in high school. I had a Westinghouse clock radio in my bedroom then, not Memorex.
Having photography as a hobby, I’m always drawn to displays of old cameras.
The vendor of the booth in which this odd electronic device is displayed has an elaborate description of its ability to transport one in space and time. I see no Flux Capacitor, but there are numerous potentiometers in its Circulator panel.
Cameras, comic books and yams. What can be better?
Remember when cameras were manufactured in the U.S.?
Six-20 Camera, as opposed to Brownie Scouts or Fudge Brownies.
Not sure what makes these “Lucky”, but it was a popular brand for years.
Sieves used for sorting some materiel by diameter, probably have/had numerous application in industries. Maybe these even were even used for particle size distribution analysis of data that I used in my job, prior to retirement.
Colorful lamp shades hark back to the early days of popular home electric lighting.
Rows of colorful glassware always catch my eye,
as do rows and shelves filled with old cameras. Such displays remind me of how fast technology advances. This image (and all others in this post) were made with a device that is obsolete, even though it is only a few years old.
Not Dak Prescot, but seen in Dallas.
From Wikipedia: “An anastigmat or anastigmatic lens is a photographic lens completely corrected for the three main optical aberrations: spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism. Early lenses often included the word Anastigmat in their name to advertise this new feature”.
I learned something new from this old camera.
All the best,
Ken
