KW Pocket Dalco aka Patent Etui 6.5 x 9 camera

[Ian Grant]

Dalco was the trade name used by Nederlandsche Fotografische Industrie N.V. As the camera's are just regular KW Patent Etui's with a different badge inside it's likely the company were the distributors for KW in Holland.

Ian

 

[AgX]

As I said, most unlikely.
-) That company was a film and paper manufacturer, not a camera distributor.
-) If they had got branded those cameras to round up their portfolio (as Gevaert did), why then production of this camera stopped the same year that plant was established?
-) why do these models not show up in listings by dutch musea/collectors?

And now for the third time: what scale do the Dalco models have?

 

[Ian Grant]

I still think a Dutch company is most likely, and Nederlandsche Fotografische Industrie N.V. literally means it's calling itself the Dutch Photographic Industry.

The 1920's and 30's were a time of major change in the photographic industries, we see many mergers in Europe, we also see new coating plants being set up so it's entirely possible the Dalco trade name come from a smaller company that merged or joined the Nederlandsche Fotografische Industrie N.V.

We see this happening in the UK where companies merge to form APM, and APEM (Amalgamated of Photographic Materials Ltd - the coating plants, and Amalgamation of Photographic Equipment Manufacturers - the camera and equipment side of the came group). Ilford is gradually absorbing smaller competitors but there's still new coating companies emerging as the recession begins to lift.

Ian

 

[John Wiegerink]

As I said, most unlikely.
-) That company was a film and paper manufacturer, not a camera distributor.
-) If they had got branded those cameras to round up their portfolio (as Gevaert did), why then production of this camera stopped the same year that plant was established?
-) why do these models not show up in listings by dutch musea/collectors?

And now for the third time: what scale do the Dalco models have?

Agx,
I won't have my Pocket Dalco until tomorrow, but an older KW Etui I had was in meters. Looking at the picture of the one I bought on eBay looks like it is in meters, but the picture isn't very clear so I could be wrong. JohnW

 

[JPD]

There are also Dalco razorblades, car cassette players, loudspeakers. Rebranded things with maybe no connection between them.