J-B Ensign
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The "J-B" Ensign is a box camera made for a few years from 1929 by Houghton-Butcher. It makes eight 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on 120 film (Ensign's E20 size). The body of the camera is cardboard, covered with black leatherette, but the internal structure is wood. It has a meniscus lens and a 'T' and 'I' shutter. It has Watson finders for horizontal and vertical orientation. It has a leather strap handle on top. The name is impressed on the front, below the lens. Film spools are loaded directly into t