The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first mail order business. The company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward[1]. They sold cameras under the Wards brand, and some by other names.
Cameras[]
- Adams 351
- Adams 352
- Baby Thornward #2
- Long Focus Thornward
- Majestic
- Montgomery Model B
- MW
- Premium
- Thornward Dandy
Wards[]
35mm Rangefinder[]
- Wards am 450 (rebadged Konica Auto S)
- Wards am 550
- Wards am 551 (rebadged Konica_Auto_S2)
- Wards XP 500 (rebadged Konica EE matic)
35mm Viewfinder[]
- Ward 35
- Wards 35-EE
- Wards I-A (rebadged Adox Polo 1S)
- Wards II-A
- Wards III-A (rebadged Adox Polomatic 3S)
- Wards cp 301
- Wards ep 504 Electric
- Wards EYE (rebadged Konica EYE) half frame
- Wards x100
- Wards xp400
- Wards xp 500a
- Wards xp 501 (rebadged Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)
SLR[]
- Wards SLR 700 (rebadged Konica FP)
TLR[]
- Wardflex (metal & plastic versions)
- Wardflex II (rebadged Taiyōdō TLR )
127 Cameras[]
- Wards 25
Box[]
- Wardette (similar to Bilora Stahl-Box)
Links[]
- Wards xp 501 (same as the Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)
| Companies of Chicago (Illinois) |
| Adams & Westlake | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Co. | Deardorff | De Vry | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Metropolitan Industries | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith |