This Miniature Spy Camera was a unique import from Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. It can “hide in the palm of the hand”; sometimes called a vest pocket camera. This particular model was made in Hong Kong. It has an actual glass lens, viewfinder, shutter, advance film wind-up knob, and comes with a small…
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The Kodak Duaflex is a 620 roll film pseudo TLR made by Kodak in the US and UK (Year: 1955-1960). A pseudo-TLR is a camera that imitates the look of a TLR (twin lens reflex). It is simply a large reflecting type viewfinder. Duaflex IV is modified to accept the Kodalite flash holder. It had an…
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Kiev 60 is a medium format SLR film system camera manufactured by Kiev, Ukraine, in the former USSR. It was produced between 1984-1999. Kiev, the English Romanization of Киев, is the capital of Ukraine. The cost of the Kiev 60 and its Pentacon Six lens compatibility make it a value-oriented camera for amateur photographers interested…
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad congratulates Mr. Sukumar Menon, during a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi, in 1959. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, scholar and subsequently, the first President of India, in office from 1950 to 1962.
Annie Besant (1847 –1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit. As an educationist, her contributions included…
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The former Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay, designed by Frederick William Stevens. This was enlarged in 1928 by the construction of the Council Hall behind it, and is often found as the Council Hall in earlier sources; it is now the State Police Headquarters for Maharashtra.
The Darbār Sahib or Harmandir Sahib also known as Golden Temple is a Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the preeminent spiritual site of Sikhism.
The carte de visite (visiting card), abbreviated CdV, was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards were commonly traded among friends and visitors in the…
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The carte de visite (visiting card), abbreviated CdV, was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards were commonly traded among friends and visitors in the…
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The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4 1⁄4 by 6 1⁄2 inches). It was usually made of an albumen print, The cabinet card was larger and usually included…
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The Minox subminiature camera, in its various models, was for years the world’s most widely used spy camera. The ultra-light aluminum shell Minox A/III was produced from 1954 until 1962. Because of its small size (82 x 28 x 16 mm), it was easy to conceal and operate in one hand. It could take excellent…
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The stereoscope, which dates from the 1850s, consisted of two prismatic lenses and a wooden stand to hold the stereo card. This type of stereoscope remained in production for a century and there are still companies making them in limited production currently. A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images,…
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