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  Century of Progress Box Camera


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The 1933 Century of Progress box camera was manufactured by Ansco of Binghamton, New York in 1933 as a souvenir of the worlds fair in Chicago, Illinois. This box camera was a No. 2 Ansco with a specially made face place depicting graphics of the Exposition. The camera captured 6 x 9 cm exposures on type B2 or no. 620 roll film. It was fitted with fixed-focus meniscus lens and an instantaneous and time rotating shutter.

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