Vintage Donald Duck Camera

Attention Disney and Donald Duck collectors! Vintage Donald Duck Camera 1946 from the Herbert-George Co. Chicago Good condition, with wear consistent with a toy that’s 78 years old. The Donald Duck camera was manufactured by the Herbert George Company of Chicago Illinois and commissioned by Walt Disney Productions in 1946. It was constructed of a rigid shock-resistant Bakelite plastic with a molded built-in view finder located on the top of the camera. It was capable of capturing twelve exposures, 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inch in size, on number 127 color or black & white roll film. It featured a fixed focus lens and simple leaf shutter that was approximately 1/30 of a second. This was the first camera patented by George L. Isreal in 1946. The original models were olive drab color, with later ones in black. The back features a unique embossed artwork of the Disney characters, Donald and his Nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie.