Leica Leitz Illustrated Guide Book 1925 50 years 1975 by James Lager Singed For Sale

Leica ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Book

1925 50 Years 1975

By James L. Lager

Singed by “ James L. Lager“

First Printing in USA 1975

Second Printing 1976

64 pages

Thisis a truly Antique Vintage

A collector item

I worked for Leica/ Leitz 50 Years and have beenFactory Trained

I was the shop supervisor for Leica Repairs

And National service manager for Microscopes

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Leica History: Oskar Barnack was the inventor of 35mm cameras. He called his Camera Leica(Leitz Camera)

OskarBarnack was born on November 1st 1879. He worked as an engineer.

He diedin Bad Nauheim in January 1936 aged 56 years and 2 months old.

He was a German instrument maker who became head of the microscope

Department of Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar soon after joining the company in 1911.

After initial research on the construction of small cameras, Barnackbegan

Work on two prototypes of the Leitz Camera (Leica) in 1913, used by

Himself and Leitz. The Leica I was launched commercially in 1925.

Barnack remained head of Leica\'s construction office until his death

And developed many refinements of both cameras and lenses.

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