Item no. P1419b (cover)
Type: cover
Country: Germany
Date of use: 17 February 1961
Business stationery (cover, back of) used by the company LINHOF Präzisions-Kamera-Werke in Munich (München, Germany), manufacturer of medium and large-format cameras, known above all for its “Technika” cameras. The company was founded in 1887 by Valentin Linhof (1854 – 1929), initially to produce and sell photographic leaf shutters of own design. First all-metal camera was manufactured in 1889. The cover bears stamped red meter commemorating the 70th anniversary of the company’s service in photography.