SAVOY – Imperial Camera Corp. Chicago, IL – 1961
A Herbert George camera. Kodak was the king of cameras but Herbert George sold his
fair share too. You can look it up if you want to.
In the early sixties you could buy a camera at the local Rexall Drug Store. You could get
film and processing there too.
I’m not sure but I think I remember seeing Savoy cameras for sale at my Rexall in 1961.
Cameras came in colors then. They are all black today.
“Savoy” is a sixties sort of word. It implied class.
“Savoy” is a sixties sort of word. It implied class. The orbiting object to the left of the lens
has nothing to do with Savoy. The world was nuts about orbiting things in 1961.
The Savoy, like many of its crappy cousins, is typical of cheap cameras of the era.
99.5 % plastic, wicked slow shutter speed and light as a feather.
Still, they’re so damn lovable.
My parents had a Brownie Hawkeye Flash that they let me use. I loved to watch the symbols scroll by under the
red window as I advanced the film. There were pointing fingers. Dots, rectangles and stars. I still get a kick out of it.
UMass Farm buildings on Sabin Street, Belchertown
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Arista EDU 400 @asa 200