Roy Rogers Snap Shot Camera
1948 – 1950 (Date manufactured/created)
Bakelite, Metal
4 in. H
X
3 1/2 in. W
X
3 1/2 in. D
Roy Rogers and Trigger 620 Snap Shot camera. This model was made by the Herbert George Company of Chicago, Illinois. It is a box camera made of black Bakelite with a metal faceplate featuring Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger.
This camera belonged to Nancy Farnan. She took it to Washington DC in 1952 and took the included 15 images (which have been scanned and returned). She told a story of when she went to a zoo and a monkey got a hold of the and chewed a hole in the strap. Attached label reads: "Gram's 1st camera c. 1948-50" and "A monkey bit the strap!"
Read more about this camera here: http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2378
This camera belonged to Nancy Farnan. She took it to Washington DC in 1952 and took the included 15 images (which have been scanned and returned). She told a story of when she went to a zoo and a monkey got a hold of the and chewed a hole in the strap. Attached label reads: "Gram's 1st camera c. 1948-50" and "A monkey bit the strap!"
Read more about this camera here: http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2378
2023.028.004