Cameras from a Special Era

This collection showcases cameras that represent key moments in photographic design, engineering, and cultural history. From elegant Art Deco forms to precision‑built classics, each example is documented with care to highlight its place in the broader evolution of the medium. The aim is to provide a clear, accessible reference for enthusiasts, researchers, and anyone curious about the lineage of these remarkable objects.

The Art Deco cameras on this site are divided into 5 Deco categories - Proto Deco, Classic Deco, Streamlined Deco, Deco Influenced and Post Deco.
I use a star system to show Deco strength. Each camera is rated by how strongly it embodies Art Deco style, from iconic five-star classics to those with incidental Deco elements.

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Here are the Art Deco and other decorative cameras in my collection with date of introduction and film type.

Agfa

	Model	Date	Film
	Speedex 0	1932	127
	Billy Clack No. 74	1934	120
	Billy Clack No. 51	1934	120
	Billy Compur	1934	120
	Trolix	1936	120
	Karat	1936	Rapid
	Billy Record 8.8	1936	120
	Box B-2	1937	120
	Karat 3.5 V2	1939	Rapid
	Synchro Box	1949	120
	Clack	1954	120
	Click I	1958	120

Agfa-Ansco

	Model	Date	Film
	Royal 1A Ostrich Skin	1925	116
	Readyset Royal Silver Fox	1931	120
	Shur-Shot Regular B2	1932	120
	Shur-Shot	1932	120
	PD16 Plenax	1935	616
	PB20 Viking	1940	620

Agilux

	Model	Date	Film
	Agifold	1948	120/620
	Agiflash	1954	127

Altissa

	Model	Date	Film
	Box 200	1936	120
	Box D	1948	120

Ansco

	Model	Date	Film
	Clipper	1947	616
	Shur-Shot Jr.	1948	120
	Sears Roebuck Tower 43	1948	120
	Rediflex	1948	620
	Panda	1950	620
	Shur-Flash	1953	120

Amalgamated Photographic Materials (APM)

	Model	Date	Film
	Vest Pocket	1924	127

Argus

	Model	Date	Film
	A2B Pre-War	1939	135
	A2F	1939	135
	A2B Post-War	1945	135
	C3	1947	135
	Argoflex Seventy-five	1949	620

Artima

	Model	Date	Film
	Photo-Magic	1935	127
	Weekend	1935	120

ATOMS

	Model	Date	Film
	Aiglon	1948	120

Balda

	Model	Date	Film
	Poka Duplex	1934	120
	Rollbox	1935	120
	Frontbox	1935	120
	Juwella 6.3	1936	120
	Juwella 4.5	1937	120
	Baldinette	1951	135

CMF Bencini

	Model	Date	Film
	Argo	1939	120
	Comet	1948	127
	Koroll	1951	120

Bilora

	Model	Date	Film
	Stop Box	1935	120
	Box	1946	120
	Blitz Box	1948	120
	Color Box	1948	120
	Boy	1949	127
	Boy Luxus	1950	120
	Blitz Box D	1953	120
	Bella 44	1958	127

Braun

	Model	Date	Film
	Imperial 6x9	1950	120
	Imperial 6x9 Flash	1950	120
	Imperial 6x6	1951	120

Casa Univex

	Model	Date	Film
	Univex	1946	120

Ciro

	Model	Date	Film
	Ciro-flex	1947	120

Coronet

	Model	Date	Film
	Every Distance 16	1930	120
	Rex Folding 7.7	1930	120
	Rex Folding	1930	120
	Supreme Deluxe	1935	120
	Crown	1935	120
	Nustyle	1935	120
	Diadem	1935	120
	Midget	1935	16mm
	De Luxe Red Facia	1936	120
	Vogue	1936	828
	Cub	1939	828
	Victor	1945	127
	Cameo	1947	16mm
	Fildia	1947	120
	Twelve-20	1948	120/620
	Twelve-20 Colour-Filter Model	1950	120/620
	F-20 Coro-flash	1950	120/620
	Gratispool	1950	120
	Popular Twelve	1952	120/620
	6x6 Flashmaster	1953	120
	3-D Speckled	1953	127
	3-D	1953	127
	Flashmaster	1954	120
	Rex Flash	1954	120
	Dynamic 12	1954	120/620
	Rex	1955	120
	Rex Flash	1955	120
	Ambassador	1955	120
	Outspan	1955	120
	Captain	1955	120
	Clipper	1956	120

Dacora

	Model	Date	Film
	Daco I	1949	120
	Daci	1950	120
	Daci (Red)	1950	120
	Daci Royal Flash	1951	120

Dekko

	Model	Date	Film
	Dekko Bakelite	1934	Cine 9.5mm
	Dekko De-Luxe	1937	Cine 9.5mm

Detrola

	Model	Date	Film
	GW	1939	127

Dufa

	Model	Date	Film
	Pionyr	1941	120

Ebner

	Model	Date	Film
	4.5x6	1934	620
	Model	Date	Film
	6x9	1934	120

Elliott

	Model	Date	Film
	V.P. Twin	1935	127
	Vista Colour	1940	120
	V.P. Twin with Name Plate	1952	127

Ernemann

	Model	Date	Film
	Film K	1917	116

Ferrania

	Model	Date	Film
	Elioflex	1950	120
	Elioflex 2	1953	120
	Ibis 66	1955	120
	Ibis 44	1956	127

Fex/Indo

	Model	Date	Film
	SuperFex	1945	127
	Ultra Himalaya	1951	620
	Ultra Reflex	1952	120

Filma

	Model	Date	Film
	127	1936	127

Foth

	Model	Date	Film
	6x9	1927	120

Fototecnica

	Model	Date	Film
	Eaglet	1950	120

Franke & Heidecke

	Model	Date	Film
	Rolleicord I	1933	120

Gamma

	Model	Date	Film
	Pajtás	1955	120

Genos

	Model	Date	Film
	Fix	1950	127
	Rapid	1950	120

Georges Paris

	Model	Date	Film
	Gap	1947	120
	Gap II	1947	120

Gevaert

	Model	Date	Film
	Gevabox 6x6	1950	120
	Gevabox 6x9	1951	120

Gnome

	Model	Date	Film
	Pixie	1949	620
	Pixie II	1951	620
	Pixie Flex	1951	620
	Pre-view	1952	620

Goldstein

	Model	Date	Film
	Goldy	1947	120

Hamaphot

	Model	Date	Film
	Moni	1953	120

Herbert George/Herco/Imperial

	Model	Date	Film
	Imperial 127 Reflex Flash	1959	127
	Imperial Six-twenty	1961	620
	Imperial Reflex Duo	1961	620

Houghton-Butcher

	Model	Date	Film
	Butcher Midg 0	1905	Plates
	Ensignette	1920	E2
	Ensign Cupid	1922	120
	Box Ensign 2½	1923	116
	Ensign E20	1927	120
	Ensign Carbine No.3	1930	120
	May Fair De Lux	1930	120
	Ensign E29	1930	E29
	Ensign Pocket E-20	1930	120
	Ensign Pocket Twenty	1931	120
	Ensign Selfix 20 g	1933	120
	Super May Fair	1933	120
	Ensign Midget 33	1934	E10
	Ensign Midget 55	1934	E10
	Ensign Midget 22	1935	E10
	Ensign Ful-Vue	1935	120
	Ensign Double-8	1935	127
	Ensign Mickey Mouse	1935	M10
	Ensign All Distance "Twenty"	1936	120
	Ensign Selfix 20 j	1936	120
	Ensign Selfix 220	1939	120
	Ross Ensign Snapper	1953	620
	Barnet Ensign Ross Ful-Vue II	1953	120
	Ross Ensign Ful-Vue Super	1954	620
	Ross Ensign FulVueFlex	1957	120

R.F. Hunter

	Model	Date	Film
	Gilbert	1953	120

Ilford

	Model	Date	Film
	Craftsman	1949	120
	Envoy	1955	120/620

Iloca

	Model	Date	Film
	Quick-A	1952	135

Indra

	Model	Date	Film
	Indra Lux	1949	127

Industrias Matutano

	Model	Date	Film
	Capta-II	1952	120

Irwin

	Model	Date	Film
	Dual Reflex	1939	127

Ising

	Model	Date	Film
	Pucky I	1950	120

Kershaw Soho

	Model	Date	Film
	Raven	1947	120
	Penguin	1950	120
	King Penguin	1951	120

Kodak Box

	Model	Date	Film
	Beau Brownie No.2	1930	120
	Beau Brownie No.2A	1930	116
	Six-20 Brownie	1933	620
	Six-16 Brownie	1933	616
	Six-20 Brownie Junior	1934	620
	Six-16 Brownie Junior	1934	616
	Six-20 Portrait Brownie	1936	620
	'Hawkeye' Ace	1936	127
	'Hawkeye'	1936	127
	Six-20 'Brownie' B	1937	620
	Six-20 Hawkeye	1938	620
	Six-20 Brownie Senior	1939	620
	Six-20 Brownie Junior UK	1939	620
	Brownie Target Six-20	1946	620
	Brownie Target Six-16	1946	616
	Brownie Reflex	1946	127
	Six-20 Brownie E	1947	620
	Duaflex I (USA)	1947	620
	Duaflex I (UK)	1949	620
	Brownie Hawkeye Flash	1950	620
	Brownie Six-20 D	1953	620
	Duaflex II	1955	620
	Brownie Six-20 Model F	1955	620
	Brownie Flash IV	1957	620
	Brownie Vecta	1963	127

Kodak Solid Body

	Baby Brownie	1934	127
	Eastman Bullet	1936	127
	Bantam f.8	1938	828
	Six-16 Brownie Special	1938	616
	Six-20 Bull's Eye Brownie	1938	620
	Baby Brownie Special	1939	127
	Duex	1940	620
	Brownie 127	1952	127
	Brownie Bull's-eye	1954	620
	Brownie Bullet	1957	127
	Brownie Starlet(US)	1957	127
	Brownie Starflex	1957	127
	Brownie Twin 20	1959	620
	Brownie Flash 20	1959	620
	Brownie Reflex 20	1959	620

Kodak Folding

	Model	Date	Film
	No.3-a Folding Pocket Kodak, Model B-5	1909	122
	No.1 Autographic Kodak Special	1916	120
	No.2 Autographic Brownie	1920	120
	Boy Scout USA	1929	127
	Petite Lightning	1930	127
	No 1A Gift Kodak	1930	116
	Hawkette	1930	120
	Boy Scout UK	1931	127
	Girl Guide UK	1931	127
	Six-20 'Kodak'	1932	620
	Six-16 'Kodak' US	1932	616
	Six-16 'Kodak' Canadian	1932	616
	Jiffy Kodak Six-20	1933	620
	Six-20 Folding Hawk-Eye	1933	620
	Junior 620 (Early)	1933	620
	Jiffy Kodak Six-16	1933	616
	Duo 620 4.5	1933	620
	Junior 616	1933	616
	Brownie Pliant Six-16	1934	616
	Six-20 'Kodak' Mod C	1934	620
	Jiffy Kodak V.P.	1935	127
	Junior Six-16	1935	616
	Six-16 'Kodak' Junior	1935	616
	Bantam Special	1936	828
	Retina 126	1936	135
	Vollenda 620	1936	620
	Duo Six-20	1937	620
	Junior 620	1937	620
	Six-16 'Kodak' Mod C	1938	616
	Kodak Bantam	1938	828
	Kodak Bantam 4.5	1938	828
	Vigilant Six-20	1939	620
	Vigilant Junior Six-20	1940	620
	Six-20 Folding Brownie	1948	620

Lipca

	Model	Date	Film
	Flexo	1951	120

Lumière

	Model	Date	Film
	Scoutbox	1934	120
	Lumibox	1934	120
	Box 4x6.5	1935	127
	Scoutbox	1935	120
	Scoutbox (chrome)	1938	120
	Super Eljy (Type 3)	1938	Lumière No.1
	Lumirex II	1946	620
	Lutac	1957	620

Meopta

	Model	Date	Film
	Flexaret IIa	1963	120

Metropolitan Industries

	Model	Date	Film
	Rival	1930s	120
	Clix-O-Flex	1947	127

M.I.O.M.

	Model	Date	Film
	Lec Junior	1936	127
	Rex	1936	127
	Photax III	1947	620
	Photax V	1956	620

Monarch

	Model	Date	Film
	Lincoln	1939	127
	Pickwik	1947	127

Montanus

	Model	Date	Film
	Delmonta	1954	120

Mozar

	Model	Date	Film
	Diana	1950	120

Müller

	Model	Date	Film
	Noris	1936	120

Nuro

	Model	Date	Film
	Nuro Box	1937	120

P&B

	Model	Date	Film
	Audax	1939	120

Polaroid

	Model	Date	Film
	Land 95A	1954	Series-40

Pouva

	Model	Date	Film
	Start (first model)	1951	120
	Start (in white)	1955	120

Purma

	Model	Date	Film
	Special	1937	127

Rajar

	Model	Date	Film
	No.6	1929	120

Rheinmetall

	Model	Date	Film
	Perfekta	1954	120
	Perfekta II	1954	120

Roto

	Model	Date	Film
	Elvo	1938	120/620
	Riber Lys	1950	120

Seymore

	Model	Date	Film
	Dick Tracy	1947	127

Shaw-Harrison

	Model	Date	Film
	Sabre 620	1959	620

Sida

	Model	Date	Film
	Turf	1938	620
	Extra	1938	Extra

Soho

	Model	Date	Film
	The Myna	1929	120
	Cadet	1930	120
	Myna All Distance	1932	120
	Pilot	1933	120
	Tuon	1933	120
	Model B	1935	120

Spartus

	Model	Date	Film
	Press Flash	1939	120
	Folding	1940	127
	Box	1942	120
	"35"	1947	135
	Full-Vue	1948	120

Standard

	Model	Date	Film
	Kenilworth I	1930	120/620
	Kenilworth II	1930	120/620
	Robin Hood Stereo	1930s	Sheet Film
	Conway	1950	120
	Conway Popular	1950	120
	Conway De Luxe	1952	120
	Conway Synchronised	1952	120
	Conway Super Flash	1955	120

Tiranty

	Model	Date	Film
	Bobox	1945	120
	Eclair Lux	1950	120

Truvox

	Model	Date	Film
	Wembly Sports	1950	120

Univex

	Model	Date	Film
	A	1933	#00
	AF-2	1936	#00
	AF-5	1938	#00
	Iris Deluxe	1938	#00
	Mercury II	1945	135

Utility

	Model	Date	Film
	Falcon Minette	1940	127

Vena

	Model	Date	Film
	Vena	1948	120

Vernak

	Model	Date	Film
	Popular	1950	120

Voigtländer

	Model	Date	Film
	Voigtländer Brilliant	1932	120
	Voigtländer Brillant V6 Focussing	1938	120

Vredeborch

	Model	Date	Film
	Vrede-Box	1950	120
	Photopia Popular	1952	120
	Alka-Box	1953	120
	Vrede-box Syncrona	1953	120
	Adina	1953	120
	Filmor	1955	120
	Filmor (Grey)	1955	120
	Slomexa	1955	120

Walz

	Model	Date	Film
	Walzflex	1955	120

Warwick

	Model	Date	Film
	No2	1935	120

Welta

	Model	Date	Film
	Penti II	1961	Rapid

Whitehouse

	Model	Date	Film
	Beacon	1946	127
	Beacon Two-Twenty Five	1946	620

Wirgin

	Model	Date	Film
	Spidex A	1935	120
	Supreme	1938	120

WZFO

	Model	Date	Film
	Druh	1956	120

Zeiss Ikon

	Model	Date	Film
	Baby Ikonta 520/18	1931	127
	Nettar 515/2	1933	120
	Ikoflex I	1934	120
	Baby Box Tengor	1934	127
	Box-Tengor 54/2	1934	120
	Nettar S	1935	120
	Simplex 511/2	1935	120
	Nettar 515	1937	120
	Erabox	1937	120
	Box-Tengor 56/2	1951	120

Zenith

	Model	Date	Film
	Comet	1947	127