a camera goes to school
Toronto. Have you ever noticed that others imitate successful processes? For decades in the first half of last century, camera makers used to tout how reliable their models were by printing ‘letters’ from organizations that pushed them to the max.
Universal Camera in the States was no different. In 1946 their ad reproduced a letter from the observatory at Climax, Colorado associated with Harvard College, part of the world famous Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Climax Observatory was high in the Rockies and observed many critical things contributing the the American war effort in WW2. This letter commends the reliability and durability of the Mercury shutter at high altitudes.
We must thank our good friend, George Dunbar, for finding and sharing this bit of photographic history with us. To us old codgers, 1946 wasn’t that long ago, but to youngsters of today, it is so old, that it has a beard like father time ….
