Editing (section) Houghton-Gennert Ensign Post Card 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>History</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Houghton%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Houghton%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHoughton%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-9113106845def0c3b7709b" href="/wiki/Houghton" title="Houghton" class="mw-redirect">Houghton</a> dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Daguerreotype%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Daguerreotype%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDaguerreotype%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-9113106845def0c3b7709b" href="/wiki/Daguerreotype" title="Daguerreotype" class="mw-redirect">Daguerreotype</a> requisites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghton cameras were German imports, primarily <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dr.%20Kr%5Cu00fcgener%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dr.%20Kr%5Cu00fcgener%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDr.%20Kr%5Cu00fcgener%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-9113106845def0c3b7709b" href="/wiki/Dr._Kr%C3%BCgener" title="Dr. Krügener" class="mw-redirect">Dr. Krügener</a>. <!-- RTE::{"spaces":1,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krügener models. So, it could be that this camera is a kind of copy of Krügeners. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22G.%20Gennert%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22G.%20Gennert%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BG.%20Gennert%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-9113106845def0c3b7709b" href="/wiki/G._Gennert" title="G. Gennert">G. Gennert</a> was a big trade company for photographic goods in the US. in 19th century. It was based in New York. Gustav Gennert had founded it in the 1850s. Several camera makers made cameras which were sold under Gennert brand, and one of them was Houghton. In 1894 the company started producing its own camera brand, the Montauk cameras. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key camerapedia:rte-parser-cache:14608 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes
