Agfa-Ansco Cameras

Here are the Agfa-Ansco cameras in my collection with date of introduction and film type.

The Categories ⓘ

The Art Deco cameras on this site are divided into 5 Deco categories - Early Deco, Period Deco, Streamlined Deco, Deco Influenced and Late Deco. A Wider Collection category contains cameras in my collection that are unrelated to Art Deco.

Star System - Deco Strength ⓘ

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. It's a quick way to see at a glance how Deco a design really is.

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

History

In 1928, the US division of Agfa entered a merger with the Ansco company of Binghamton, New York. Products manufactured in either country were then branded and sold under the dual name Agfa Ansco. For a period of approximately 15 years, cameras originating with Ansco in the USA and some from Agfa in Germany were branded as Agfa Ansco. With the entry of the US into WWII, the Germanic associations of the Agfa name were seen as a liability, and it was dropped. Several product lines that had originated in the Agfa Ansco period were then continued under the Ansco name alone.