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July 30, 2022

Houghton Ticka

Houghton Ticka User manual at Butkus, incomplete User manual I downloaded from somewhere. In 1865 Alice sat under a tree in the meadow where a white rabbit was rushing by. That seemed of no particular significance, save for a rabbit carrying a large pocket watch and grumbling about being late. From here, Alice lumbered into Wonderland to become world famous,...

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June 22, 2022

Hunter Gilbert

R.F. Hunter Gilbert R.F. Hunter Gilbert current value In the middle of the 20th century, RF Hunter was a photo equipment distributor in London, selling German-made cameras before the war and both East and West German models after. Names that come to mind are Steiner and Purma et al. The Gilbert is the single camera that Hunter made, proudly designed...

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November 4, 2021

Ensign Auto-Range 220

Ensign Auto-Range 220 Ensign Auto-Range 220 current value It is not only the German camera manufacturers who went through mergers and amalgamations. The Brits had their own fair share. The company known as Ensign had its roots back in the 1830s, with Houghton, Butcher, Barnet, and Ross being the prominent names shared through the years. The street where they have...

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Houghton Ticka

Hunter Gilbert

Ensign Auto-Range 220