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The cameras

Speed Graphic

f ever a camera stood the test of time, this was it. The Speed Graphic was an American press camera introduced in 1912, two years before the outbreak of the First World War, where it went into regular service. It continued to be a popular workhorse during the Second World War for British press and American Signal Corps photographers and was still going strong during the early years of the Korean War. For its time, it was a relatively small, yet heavy plate camera, that required glass plates to be changed between exposures. Although best operated on a

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