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The Dick Tracy camera was marketed by the Seymour Products company of Chicago Illinois in circa 1940. The camera was constructed of black plastic Bakelite with a built-in eye-level view finder and fitted with a decorative interchangeable metal face plate. It featured a fixed focus meniscus lens and simple shutter provided snap shot and time exposures. This miniature camera was capable of producing sixteen photos 3 x 4 cm in size on no. 127 or A8 roll film. This camera design was part of the Chicago Common Style of cameras. This Style was the most common and originates from Jack Galter's 1939 US camera patent #114,324. This camera is nearly identical to the Brenda Starr camera by Seymour.

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