Mandel PDQ Camera
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The Mandel PDQ Model G and Model H are instant cameras; wooden-bodied cameras which used waterproof "Super Speed" direct-positive photo-paper instead of film or plates. The unique camera type was made by the PDQ Camera Company, formerly the Chicago Ferrotype Company, owned by the brothers Louis and Manuel Mandel. A similar camera model, but available with a specially mounted double lens, i.e. an optical system supporting two focal lengths was the PDQ Champion PHOTOMASTER, marketed as "a complete