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Vintage Kodak DUAFLEX II TLR CAMERA 620 Film Kodet Lens - eBay (item 310105223258 end time Dec-05-08 18:32:03 PST)This vintage Kodak Duaflex II twin-lens reflex camera has a nice wide viewfinder under the flip-up top. It gives you a bright, clear view of your subject despite scuffs on the front viewfinder lens and minor dust inside. There's a slider on the left with the slot marked "I" at the top end and "B" at the bottom end. The shutter button is on the right. A camera mount is on the bottom.
The front is marked, "Kodak Duaflex II Camera. Kodet Lens." Depress a latch to open the back and find this information:Kodak Duaflex II Camera, T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
Pats. U.S.A. D.E.S. 140,909 148,790 151,059 2,367,504 2,422,018 2,423,706 2,432,479 2,484,510
This Camera Does Not Take 120 Film
Use Kodak 620 Film
Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Company
- Place empty spool in upper recess. Engage winding key.
- Swing out lower spool holder. Place new roll between pins.
- Break seal, draw paper, colored side up, over square opening to empty spool.
- Insert end of paper in longer spool slot. Wind knob 2 turns. Close camera.
- Wind to 1 in red window.
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The camera is in very nice condition. Besides the scuffed front viewing lens and dust inside, the carry handle is missing. The shutter works fast and the film pins are both here.
Vintage Red Metal GILBERT BIG-BOY TOOL CHEST, 3 Tools! - eBay (item 310105220740 end time Dec-05-08 18:23:09 PST)This vintage metal tool chest is red metal with two paper graphics. The small one on the lid shows an old-fashioned boy using a wood plane, and it says, "Gilbert Big-Boy Tool Chest." The large inner lid graphic says the same thing, plus "No." (but the number isn't there), The A.C. Gilbert Company--New Haven, Conn. U.S.A. Made in America, Printed in U.S.A." Art deco accents surround an image of two old-fashioned boys building a small bookcase.
The inner lid graphic also shows lots of possible projects to make, like a sled, wagon, boat, shelf, dog house, etc. Someone wrote inside the lid in black crayon the price "2.50."
Contents include three of the original tools: small wooden level, small handsaw, six-inch metal square. Also in the box are an old painted wooden stand with a metal sign that says "Ski Jumper" of all things. There's also a pretty useless looking little metal device we'll just call a gizmo. If you have the tools and no chest, here's the chest and you're good to go.
The chest has much patina and soiling, dents and dings and a wonky corner on the lid. One of the two metal latches is missing. The handle has almost no original finish left. The small outer lid graphic has small bits missing and much age darkening. The inner lid graphic is still bright and has minor damage.
Nice POLAROID 195 LAND CAMERA Instant Film Tominon Lens - eBay (item 310104907088 end time Dec-04-08 18:25:13 PST)This vintage Polaroid 195 land camera was produced between 1971 and 1974. It's a great camera with manual controls professional photographers dig. It belonged to a now-retired local optician who I suspect took excellent care of it. We removed the film pack that was in it with two shots left, so we could clean the rollers and show you the innards. I took scads of pictures to show you condition and features.
The outer cover is marked, "Polaroid 195." The dial on the back says, "Wind arrow to red dot, turn dial to desired time" and the settings are 0, 15, 30, 45, etc. to 120. An arrow above the dial points left and says, "Start." The outer cover can be completely removed or left hanging. A clip inside can hold finished photos.
The viewfinder and focus window flip up for use.The front of the camera itself is marked, "Polaroid 195 Land Camera." There's a selector lever with three settings: M, X, V.
The lens front is marked, "Tominon 1:3.8 f=114mm 209930 Tomioko Japan." The lens is marked, "Seiko" on one side with two sets of numbers: "64, 45, 32, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 3.8" on one adjustable ring; "B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500" on the other ring.
The red shutter button is marked, "2" and the white lever on the right is marked, "3." You can select distance from subject by pushing two sliding buttons with a scale on the top right marked, "Feet, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, Inf." There's a hot shoe for a flash, not included. Nor do we have the manual, but I see you can buy one from a fellow eBayer.
The bellows look very good, perhaps a bit dusty. There a spot of finish missing near one end of the rollers inside. The silver finish on the left has bubbles and pits. The shutter works very fast. The leather neck strap has a crimp where it might have been pinched in a door or suitcase closure. I included the used film pack because some people load one with fresh film manually. Do you?
We had a different Polaroid model ourselves and the white lever on the right locked when depressed and snapped up when you pressed the shutter. This one doesn't stay down. I don't know if that's correct for this model or if it needs repaired.
Vintage NO. 1A POCKET KODAK Folding Camera in Slipcase! - eBay (item 310104627436 end time Dec-03-08 20:27:08 PST)This vintage folding camera is a black model No. 1A Pocket Kodak in a double slip case. The front is marked, "Kodak." When opened, pull a knob and the camera unfolds and slides forward for picture-taking. The shutter works quickly. The word Kodak on the door opens to brace the camera. A tiny engraved metal pointer tool fits neatly into two clips on the right of the camera.
The face is marked, "No. 1A Pocket Kodak, Made in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y." Above the lens is a selector for settings marked, "T, B, 25 and 50." Below that is, "Kodex No. 1" and the Eastman Kodak monogram EKC.
The lens itself is marked, "Kodak Anastigmat F - 7.7 130 mm No. 615." Below the lens it says, "Shutter Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Co." A selector below has the settings, "30037, f-7.7, 11, 16, 22, 32." A thumb screw on the right selects the distance according to a scale on the left of the sliders that measures in feet: 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 100.
When I took the photos, I didn't know the word Kodak was a movable brace for the camera, so I braced it on the case. I've since learned that the engraved metal pointer tool fits in the two curved brackets on the right front of the camera. I used it to slide the latch to the side to open the camera for loading film. I opened the latch but wasn't able to open the camera for loading, afraid of breaking something.
The bellows look very good. There's wear on the left side of the bright and clear view window cube. The top carry handle is black leather embossed with the word, "Kodak." The black silk-covered double slipcase is in worn condition, the outer case torn and much taped.
Avalon First Ed WALL OF SERPENTS de Camp, Pratt HC, DJ! - eBay (item 310104129152 end time Dec-01-08 21:29:01 PST)This vintage 1960 first edition hard cover book Wall of Serpents by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt is a fantasy classic published by Avalon Books. It's pristine, never read, in original dust jacket. Art by Ed Emshwiller.
From the jacket flaps:It all started when Dr. Chalmers proposed the theory that the worlds of legend and fantasy really existed in other space-time continua, and that these could be reached through the use of symbolic logic. Harold Shea experimented--and found himself smack in the midst of Norse mythology at the time when Ragnarok approached. When he returned, Chalmers and Walter Bayard wanted to play too, and the three of them went for a jaunt into the midst of Spencer's Faerie Queen, where Shea met, wooed and won Belphebe.
For in these other-worlds, magic worked--and Shea and his friends found that spells and magic formulae could be worked out mathematically. One could not take any devices into these worlds which were not already there; people from our continuum were in real danger from all the dangers of legend-universes. Shea's only advantage lay in his swordsmanship--fencing was unknown in these continua, and a good épée man could operate with any pointed sword better than the hacking, slashing, and chopping swordsmen of legend. And knowing that magic, though an art, was at least as scientific in its basis as medicine, Shea could be a sorcerer or enchanter in any of these worlds.
But he couldn't avoid the consequences of sudden appearances and disappearances in his own world, and now Shea and Belphebe were in trouble with the law. They'd banished one inquisitive policeman, Pete Brodsky, to Coleridge's Xanadu, where Walter Bayard now was, and they had to get him back to avoid arrest for kidnaping a policeman. And this was beyond Shea's talents.
There was just one thing to do--to find a powerful sorcerer in one of these other-worlds who could help restore Walter Bayard and Pete Brodsky to Ohio before the machinery of the law built up momentum against the Sheas. But which? They couldn't go back to the worlds they had already visited--Harold Shea had worn out his welcome in those.
Where then? The Iliad or the Odyssey? No, only Circe was adept enough for Shea's needs, and he didn't want to fool with Circe. But there was still the Kalevala, the Finnish epic, which had such mighty and friendly enchanters in it as Vainamoinen.
The trouble with magic was that everything worked out literally, and the slightest lack of precision would result in something quite different from what you expected. But at least they landed in the world of the Kalevala. Only it wasn't Vainamoinen they encountered, but Lemminkainen, the reckless wizard and arrant rake. Lemminkainen, who would good-naturedly steal Belphebe or kill off Shea without a second thought--and likely as not both.
Here is a rollicking novel of mathematics and magic as only two great masters of the fantastic and science fiction can bring it to you.
Vintage 1920 KNOW THYSELF Illustrated Old Self-Help HC! - eBay (item 310104102556 end time Dec-01-08 18:22:00 PST)This vintage 1920 hard cover book Know Thyself by Prof. T. W. Shannon, A.M. provides "Vital Information for the Married and Marriageable of All Ages; a Word at the Right Time to the Boy, Girl, Young Man, Young Woman, Husband, Wife, Father and Mother; Also Timely Help, Counsel and Instruction for Every Member of Every Home." The spine says, "The Science of Human Life."
It was published by The S. A. Mullikin Company, Marietta, Ohio in 1920. This is the fifth version of the apparently popular book that was first published in 1904 by Hertel, Jenkins & Co. The 584 pages are profusely illustrated with photos and diagrams of the human body.
The advice has a very old mindset. For instance, there's a section on Passion telling the reader women never want sex, but only consent to accommodate their husbands. The recipes in the back for various ailments and cures are quite amazing. For instance:
How to Cure Hysterics--Take the leaves of motherwort and thoroughwort, and the bark of poplar root; equal parts. Mix them in molasses, and take four of them when the first symptoms of disorder are felt, and they will effectually check it.
"The Cure of Syphilis" involved taking iodine or mercury! The book strikes me as fascinating, tiresome, alarming and naive by turns. It's a wholesome relic from a far different time in America.
Table of Contents- Chapter I: Life and It's Influences
- Chapter II: Mother--Home
- Chapter III: Etiquette
- Chapter IV: Health and Good Form
- Chapter V: Love, Adaptation and Courtship
- Chapter VI: Ethics of the Unmarried
- Chapter VII: Marriage
- Chapter VIII: After Marriage
- Chapter IX: Husband and Wife
- Chapter X: Child Bearing
- Chapter XI: The Family
- Chapter XII: Children
- Chapter XIII: The Young Man
- Chapter XIV: Chastity and Unchastity
- Chapter XV: Self-Pollution
- Chapter XVI: Diseases Peculiar to Men
- Chapter XVII: The Social Evil
- Chapter XVIII: Climacteric Period
Medical Department
- Chapter XIX: Dietetics
- Chapter XX: Care of Children
- Chapter XXI: Diseases Peculiar to Women
- Chapter XXII: Diseases of the Respiratory Organs
- Chapter XXIII: Diseases of the Organs of Circulation
- Chapter XXIV: Diseases of the Organs of Digestion
- Chapter XXV: Diseases of the Urinary Organs
- Chapter XXVI: Diseases of the Nervous System
- Chapter XXVII: Diseases of Organs of Locomotion
- Chapter XXVIII: Skin Diseases and Fevers
- Chapter XXIX: Treatment of Venereal Diseases
- Chapter XXX: Story of Life
- Chapter XXXI: Prescriptions
- Chapter XXXII: Glossary and Index
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