Ansco Vintage Box Camera
by Darren Fisher
Title
Ansco Vintage Box Camera
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A still life image I captured of an Ansco Vintage Box Camera sitting among some fallen leaves with a beautiful background of Fall colors. I also added textures and digital effects that give the photo the look of a painting.
Ansco was an American manufacturer of camera equipment in Binghamton, New York.
In the 19th century its predecessor E. & H.T. Anthony Co. was the largest distributor of photography supply in the U.S.A.. It started in 1841 or 1842 as daguerreotype gallery Edward Anthony in New York and expanded its activity becoming photography supplier in 1847. In 1852 Edward Anthony's brother Henry T. joined. In 1870 the company started making cameras. The company was the first to patent a roll-film holder that could be loaded in light.
In 1902 it was merged with Scovill & Adams into Anthony & Scovill, this name being abbreviated to Ansco. Ansco took over film maker Goodwin, photo paper maker Columbia and the American Photo Products Co.. Then it was merged with Agfa in 1928, to be called Agfa-Ansco. Additionally to its own products Ansco began to sell rebadged or licensed cameras of some other makers, especially of Agfa, and it built a new film factory. In 1939 Ansco was renamed to General Aniline & Film (GAF). During WWII the company became state-owned because of its relations to Germany, and was forced to produce sextants and military optical rangefinders, and then it was sold as "enemy-asset".
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November 12th, 2016
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