Western Photographic Historical Society

Tucson, Arizona USA

- Collectors' Corner -

Toy & Novelty Cameras

Cheese Camera

Promotional item from Velveeta, 110 film format.

Squirt Camera

Gray & black plastic faux 35mm squirting camera. c1960s-1970s

Dick Tracy Camera by Seymour Products. c1940s

Cigarette Pack Camera

Functional 35mm film camera with a 28mm lens! Made in China. c2000

Wonderflex

Faux TLR with pop out spring-snake. Made in Japan. c1940s

"Hit" type camera

Small 2" (supposedly) functional camera, but not really. Made in Japan with many other names, like: Hit; Arrow; Smile; Star; Ace; etc.. c1950s-60s

Scenex Camera

Small plastic "functional" novelty camera, usually used as a promotional gift. Similar to the "Cub". 25x25mm exposures on 828 film. c1950.

Mini-viewer Play Camera

Among the smallest of all toy cameras, these are all plastic "viewers" with a little disk of images that rotates when you push the shutter button. Made in China.

Cigarette Lighter Cameras

These are contemporary faux digital cameras that are really cigarette lighters.

Mott's Mil-Looney-um Camera

Promotional 110 film camera commemorating the new millennium, embellished with Looney Toons figures. c1999

 

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