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Yale 4x5 Camera

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In 1899 the Yale 4x5 Camera was offered as a kit with developing materials by the American distributor Yale. This kind of kit was a common offer at the end of the 19th century. Amateur photography infrastructure included dark rooms for rent in some drugstores. The marketing of photo suppliers and warehouses switched to offering materials for photo developing and printing at home. In 1898 Sears offered its "The Perfection Camera", a plate box camera, as an 18-piece kit with film and amateur dark

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