an exploded view of a 1952 Speed Graphic from an article in the Popular Mechanics July 1952 issue.
Toronto. Since the previous post discussed digital photographic history, I thought this post could look at analogue photographic history. A brief condensed version was written last century by two folks – Valentino Serra (Photographic Illustrator), and Beaumont Newhall (Curator at GEH). Beaumont Newhall is well known to many of the readers of this site for his books on Photographic History.
The article, beginning here on page 72 of the PM July 1952 issue, is courtesy of Popular Mechanics and Google books. It was suggested by my good friend and fellow photo historian, George Dunbar. George found this article while searching magazine advertisements for interesting material on the photographic industry. Please note the article is copyrighted material.
If you enjoyed this article, but haven’t bought Beaumont Newhall’s books, be sure to keep an eye out for them (search used bookstore or visit one of our events – you might get lucky!
