Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Mar 13, 2011 12:28:36 GMT -5
I picked this up at the local flea market last weekend, along with a vintage developing tank.  The bakelite cleaned up nicely, I used Turtle Wax car polish. It's got a cool mid-century modernist look to it, and might be fun to use  Doug |
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Post by photax on Mar 13, 2011 14:00:32 GMT -5
Hi Doug ! Thats a funny little cubist styled camera ! I also have some of Herbert George`s colourful boxes, some Mark VII and some Savoy`s, but never seen this work of art. I clean them with a spray for plastic car parts. Yours looks well polished MIK |
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Post by daveh on Mar 13, 2011 14:43:45 GMT -5
I wonder who thought that "debonair" was the correct name for it. When I first looked I thought it was a polaroid type camera.
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Post by Randy on Mar 13, 2011 15:54:19 GMT -5
I always thought of debonair as being top hat and tails.
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Mar 13, 2011 15:59:38 GMT -5
Camerapedia tells me that this was also marketed as the Official Cub Scout Camera.
It is an interesting piece of design historica. My guess is that the designer of this toy camera was aiming for a press camera look - just the thing for a budding 12 year old gunning for his photography badge.
Although I am not a toy camera collector, I think that this might well have caught my eye in the flea market too. As you say Doug, a nice piece of mid-century design.
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Post by ph2 on Mar 25, 2011 9:56:48 GMT -5
Hi Doug- I also have a imperial debonair,like yours, but in shiny olive drab, with red trim.
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Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Mar 25, 2011 16:30:57 GMT -5
Hi there, and welcome!
You should post a photo of it. If you check out the UBB code explanation, it tells you how to post.
Maybe yours is a Boy Scout model. Did you ever use it?
Doug
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Post by colray on Mar 25, 2011 19:19:33 GMT -5
I like the design...
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Post by photax on Apr 2, 2011 13:56:19 GMT -5
Hi Doug ! Today I opened a almost forgotten carton from the basement, containing some plastic cameras which I purchased long time ago. And here is the brown model:  I never thought that I will forget a camera from my collection  Maybe I am getting old... MIK |
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Apr 4, 2011 0:55:30 GMT -5
That flash really compliments the Debonair.
MT
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Maybe I am getting old...