PHOTOGRAPHY ... PROJECTORS..

MY BAKELITE LECTURE/TALK is now available !!! Includes exhibits, slide show, handouts and much much more.. please contact me for full details, see below .. many people have already enjoyed the fun world of Bakelite... these include the Havering Antiques and Collectors Club, The Yorkshire Clarice Cliff Group and Ann Zierold Art Deco Fairs just to name a few !!! BEING SO VERSATILE BAKELITE COVERS A WIDE SPECTRUM WHICH MIGHT BE JUST THE THING TO FILL ONE OF THE MEETING DATES IN YOUR CLUB'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS !!!

Above appears a black ribbed Bakelite slide projector, possibly Japanese, 1940/50's.....

Dating from 1938, this PHOTAX BLINDE Black Bakelite camera was very futuristic for it's day. Made in France it incorporated a screw action lens system ....

Items in the collection:

Two photoframes typical Art Deco fanned design in two tone green, 1930's

Very large circular timer ( seconds ) by Smiths, RAF issue.. 1940's used on my kitchen wall as an egg timer !!!! pictured below on this page

Black ribbed slide projector, Bakelite and metal, possibly Japanese..

Deco stylised slidebox, cream and metal

Classic Hawkette No2 Folding Camera ( illustrated on my home page ) mottled brown Bakelite - late 1920's

Purma classic camera 1930's .. award winning design. ( illustrated )

Johnson Enlarger Timeswitch, black.. 1950's

Photax Blinde camera ( illustrated ) French 1938, black

Agfa Rondinax 60 Developing Tank, Black Bakelite - German, 1930's , see photo on this page,below

Zeiss Ikon lense box, made in Germany, 1940/50's Brown

Envoy Developing Tank, Black, made in England.. 1930's

The Paterson Major Developing Tank - black- 1940/50's

Classic Kodak Baby Brownie, 1930's ( illustrated ) made in the U.S.A. black bakelite

Large round Johnson Developing tank, 1940's black

Film splicer by Rondo, black, 1950's made in Japan

Ilford Slide box, brown 1950's

Brownie Hawkeye camera, flash model, made in Canada, 1950's

Kodak 127 Brownie camera 1950/60's, black

Rex flash black Bakelite camera, in case, 1950's

Magnajector projector( illustrated on the Home page), black Bakelite, late 1930's, made in Canada.. working

Deco photo frame, mottled brown bakelite, 1930's

Dating from the 1940's, below appears a large Air Ministry Timer by Smiths of England. Calibrated in seconds, with the inner clock set to minutes, this large chunk of working Bakelite proudly sits on one of my kitchen walls and is used as an egg timer above the cooker !!! Wound and activated by a long string pull ... the original use was for timing photographic development ... far better for eggs !!!!!!

Above appears a recent addition to this section, a 1953 Ilford Envoy camera, black bakelite, unusual styling, 120 film size. Found on a local carboot for 50p !!!

From 1938 a superb near mint condition VP Twin Bloomed Bolco Lens Camera, complete with carrying case ... Black Bakelite, this simple but effective snapshot camera was able to produce two images on one frame !! The VP stands for vest pocket ... see the link below which will take you to a copy of the manual on the site belonging to Mr M Buktus in the USA.