Coronet Camera Company

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Coronet Camera Company
Industry Photography
Founded1926 (1926)
FounderF.W. Pettifer
Defunct1967 (1967)
FateDefunct
Headquarters,
Products Cameras

The Coronet Camera Company was an English company most noted for its box cameras manufactured in the 1950s. The company was established in 1926 at 48 Great Hampton Street, Aston, Birmingham, by Frederick Pettifer.

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Products

A Coronet Twelve-20 box camera Coronet Twelve-20 Camera.JPG
A Coronet Twelve-20 box camera

Products include:

In the main, Coronet. produced budget cameras. They remain common and can be cheaply obtained on the second hand market.

Company history

The Coronet Camera Company was founded in Birmingham, England, by F.W. Pettifer, in about 1926. In 1946, the company became Coronet Ltd. The company continued to produce cameras until 1967.

References

  1. "Coronet Rapide". lomography.co. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2013.