Glass, Brass, and Chrome: The American 35mm Miniature CameraThe golden age of the American 35mm camera coincided with three tumultuous decades in United States History. Born in the Depression years of the 1930s, the American 35mm reached its maturity during World War II. In the span of only three decades, a toy of the rich became a household gadget. In Glass, Brass, and Chrome Kalton C. Lahue and Joseph Bailey present an absorbing, nostalgic account of American 35mm hardware, its evolution, and the role it played in making photography the number-one hobby in the United States. The golden age of the American 35mm camera coincided with three tumultuous decades in United States History. Born in the Depression years of the 1930s, the American 35mm reached its maturity during World War II. In the span of only three decades, a toy of the rich became a household gadget. Glass, Brass, and Chrome Kalton C. Lahue and Joseph Bailey present an absorbing, nostalgic account of American 35mm hardware, its evolution, and the role it played in making photography the number-one hobby in the United States. |
Contents
The New Wave Arrives | 3 |
A Passing Fancy? | 21 |
The Glass the Brass and the Chrome | 33 |
From Black and White to Living Color | 55 |
Flash Lit the Way | 77 |
Lets Try f8 at 150 | 93 |
FineGrain and Frame It | 103 |
The American 35mm Miniature Camera | 127 |
It All Began with | 135 |
Followed Closely by | 163 |
Eastmans Grand Design | 195 |
But Everything Was Perfex | 239 |
Except for Teachers on Vacation with Their Bolseys | 257 |
An Imitation Failed | 265 |
But So Did Originality | 273 |
HasBeens and NeverWeres | 279 |