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Ensign Ful-Vue Model II

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Ensign Ful-Vue Model II

Lying somewhere between pseudo-TLR and Art Deco locomotive is the Ensign Ful-Vue Model II, a peculiar-looking British pseudo-TLR box camera. Despite its name, this is technically the third camera to bear this moniker with the original Ensign Ful-Vue being a relatively conventional box camera. After merging with another firm, the company—now known as Barnet Ensign Ross Ltd.—radically redesigned the Ful-Vue and gave it a more sculptural form but chose to keep the same name.

Kodak Brownie Vecta

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Kodak Brownie Vecta

The Kodak Brownie Vecta is a simple plastic box camera manufactured by Kodak Ltd., London—Kodak’s British division—in 1963 for the 127 film format. The camera’s stylish looks can be attributed to world-renowned industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange who, in addition to a handful of Kodak cameras, is also responsible for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train as well as the modern London Black Cab).

Hunter Gilbert

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The Hunter Gilbert is an unusual British-made box camera introduced in 1953 by R. F. Hunter, Ltd., a London distribution company that sold cameras under its own brand as well as those of other companies.

Kodak Hawkeye

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The Kodak Hawkeye (also commonly sold as the “Baby Hawkeye,” “Hawkeye Ace,” and “Hawkeye Ace De Luxe” in several slight variations) is a simple box camera made of leatherette-covered cardboard with a metal face. The Hawkeye was manufactured by Kodak Ltd., London—the British subsidiary of Eastman Kodak—and appears to have only been available in select European markets when it was introduced in 1936.