Century Camera and Carl Eller
Jan 2, 2015 05:20:05 #
One of the greatest Camera Stores in the country was Century Camera out of Minneapolis Mn. This picture was taken when Century was opening a branch store in Duluth Minnesota. Carl was good friends with the owner of Century. Century is now long gone, but I miss it. I bought my first film SLR there and it was a Russian Kalimar SR-200. I still have it and the body light meter still works. Albeit a little weak.
Jan 2, 2015 05:37:55 #
jsenear wrote:
One of the greatest Camera Stores in the country was Century Camera out of Minneapolis Mn. This picture was taken when Century was opening a branch store in Duluth Minnesota. Carl was good friends with the owner of Century. Century is now long gone, but I miss it. I bought my first film SLR there and it was a Russian Kalimar SR-200. I still have it and the body light meter still works. Albeit a little weak.
I guess those guys were pretty stylish at the time.
Jan 2, 2015 05:50:12 #
Did Century go out of business before Internet purchasing became the way to go?
Jan 2, 2015 06:03:35 #
Fergus wrote:
Did Century go out of business before Internet purchasing became the way to go?
Long, long before that happened. Century was huge and I think comparable to the B&H of today !!!
Jan 2, 2015 06:04:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I guess those guys were pretty stylish at the time.
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Jan 2, 2015 07:09:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I guess those guys were pretty stylish at the time.
So were we !!!!!
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Jan 3, 2015 22:37:04 #
Yeah, I was nearly walking distance from the Lake Street and Bryant Avenue store.
Jan 3, 2015 22:40:59 #
John_F wrote:
Yeah, I was nearly walking distance from the Lake Street and Bryant Avenue store.
The main sales site was near Washington Av. in Downtown Minneapolis. If I remember it was a huge 3 story building with sales taking place on all three floors. Downtown is where I bought my Kalimar !!
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