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Big and Small: Palomar binoculars

Big and Small: Hambletonian Peerless binoculars

Big and Small: Lafayette binoculars

Big &Small: Megaphos binoculars

Though named the same, my big and small Megaphos binoculars are unrelated . My smaller Megaphos 7x18 binoculars are believed a brand of and has the trade marked Z logo of Zuih o K ō gaku Seiki K.K., or it’s export arm Zuiho Optical Instrument Co. 瑞宝光学精機工業株式会社 of Japan, and post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov 1959. My larger 8x Megaphos binoculars were made in France and the brand was imported to the US ca 1908-1929.

Palomar was a trade marked binoculars brand of Thalson Co of San Francisco Ca., USA. My smaller 8x20 Palomar binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952 Nov. 1959.with no indication of manufacturer. My larger Palomar 8x30 binoculars were assembled by JB130 Komiya Kogaku Sangyo Co Ltd. Of Japan, with the body made by JE7 Nippon Kogaku of Japan. The logo incorporates a representation of the Palomar Observatory of San Diego Ca. USA which presumably inspired this brand name.

Lafayette was a trade marked binoculars brand of US chain and catalog retailer Lafayette Radio Electronics Corp. My smaller 6x15 Lafayette binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov. 1959. They are marked as assembled by TOA /Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 of Japan . My larger Lafayette 7x35 binoculars were assembled by JB17/ Otake Kogaku Kogyo Co Ltd. Of Japan, with body made by JE12/ Orara Kogaku Co. Ltd. (AKA Aurora Kogaku Co Ltd) of Japan They have an unidentified OTS in diamond exporter mark on the pivot.

Hambletonian was a trade marked binoculars brand of Peerless Camera Stores of NYC, USA. My smaller 6x15 Hambletonian binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952 - Nov. 1959. They are marked as  assembled by TOA /Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ) of Japan. My larger Hambletonian 7x50 binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952 Nov. 1959. They are marked Hambletonian and also Peerless.

Palomar binoculars.
Palomar jumelles.
Palomar fernglas.
Palomar prismaticos.
Palomar binoculares.
Palomar binocolo.
Palomar kikare.
Palomar kikkert.
Palomar verrekijker.
Palomar kiikarit.
Palomar dylbi.
Palomar dalekohled.
Palomar binoklis.
Palomar lornetka.
Palomar binoclu.
Palomar durbun.
Palomar ong nhom. Lafayette binoculars.
Lafayette jumelles.
Lafayette fernglas.
Lafayette prismaticos.
Lafayette binoculares.
Lafayette binocolo.
Lafayette kikare.
Lafayette kikkert.
Layayette verrekijker.
Lafayette durbun.
Lafayette binoclu.
Lafayette lornetka.
Lafayette binoklis.
Lafayette dvogled.
Lafayette kiikarit.
Lafayette binoklis.
Lafayette dylbi.
Lafayette dalekohled.
Lafayette binoklis.
Lafayette ziuronai.
Lafayette lornetka.
Lafayette binoclu.
Lafayette durbun.
Lafayette ong nhom. Hambletonian binoculars.
Hambletonian jumelles.
Hambletonian fernglas.
Hambletonian prismaticos.
Hambletonian binoculares.
Hambletonian binocolo.
Hambletonian kikare.
Hambletonian kikkert.
Hambletonian verrekijker.
Hambletonian kiikarit.
Hambletonian dylbi.
Hambletonian dvogled.
Hambletonian dalekohled.
Hambletonian lornetka.
Hambletonian binoclu.
Hambletonian durbun.
Hambletonian ong nhom. Megaphos binoculars.
Megaphos jumelles.
Megaphos fernglas.
Megaphos prismaticos.
Megaphos binoculares.
Megaphos binocolo.
Megaphos kikare.
Megaphos kikkert.
Megaphos verrekijker.
Megapohos kiikarit.
Megaphos dylbi.
Megaphos dalekohled.
Megaphos binoklis.
Megaphos lornetka.
Megaphos binoclu.
Megaphos durbun.
Megaphos ong nhom

Big and Small: Atlas binoculars

Big and Small: Marbo binoculars

Marbo binoculars.
Marbo jumelles.
Marbo fernglas.
Marbo binocolo.
Marbo binoculares.
Marbo prismaticos.
Marbo kikkert.
Marbo verrekijker.
Marbo kiikarit.
Marbo kikare.
Marbo dylbi.
Marbo dvogled.
Marbo dalekohled.
Marbo binoklis.
Marbo lornetka.
Marbo durbun.
Marbo binoclu.
Marbo ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Marbo brand use on binoculars. A quantity of binoculars such as my smaller binoculars are marked with a Marbo Hoya logo, and it is possible Marbo could be a non trademarked brand of Hoya Optical Co Ltd., but this is speculative . My smaller Marbo 7x18 binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so they date 1951-Nov 1959. They are marked as assembled by TOA /Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ) of Japan . My larger Marbo 7x50 binoculars were assembled by JB198/ Taishin Kogyo Co Ltd. Of Japan, with the body made by JE18 / Tokyo Kogaku Kikai Co Ltd. of Japan

I have never found documentation defining the background of Atlas brand use on binoculars. My smaller Atlas 10x20 binoculars were assembled by JB5/ JB5/ Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd. 明治精工株式会社 of Japan , with frame by JE50/ Tanaka Koki Seisakujo. Inc. of Japan. They also carry the MSC logo. My larger Atlas 7x50 binoculars were assembled by JB127/ Koei Seiki Co. Ltd. Of Japan, with the body made by JE30 / Tokyo Kogaku Kikai Co Ltd. of Japan

Big and Small: Elko Prismatics binoculars

Atlas binoculars.
Atlas jumelles.
Atlas fernglas.
Atlas binocolo.
Atlas binoculares.
Atlas prismaticos.
Atlas kikare.
Atlas kikkert.
Atlas verrekijker.
Atlas lornetka.
Atlas durbun.
Atlas dalekohled.
Atlas tavcso.
Atlas dalekohled.
Atlas ziuronai.
Atlas binoklis.
Atlas dylbi.
Atlas dvogled.
Atlas ziuronai.
Atlas binoclu.
Atlas durbun.
Atlas ong nhom. Elko prismatics binoculars.
Elko prismatics jumelles.
Elko prismatics binocolo.
Elko prismatics binoculares.
Elko prismatics prismaticos.
Elko prismatics binoculares.
Elko prismatics kikkert.
Elko prismatics kikare.
Elko prismatics verrekijker.
Elko prismatics binoclu.
Elko prismatics dvogled.
Elko prismatics dalekohled.
Elko prismatics durbun.
Elko prismatics lornetka. 
Elko prismatics binoklis.
Elko prismatics durbun.
Elko prismatics ziuronai.

I have never found any documentation defining the background of Elko brand use on binoculars. My smaller 7x18 Elko Prismatics binoculars and my larger Elko Prismatics both post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952 Nov. 1959.

Stupid collimation fix. This applies to full size binoculars only !!!  In buying lots of cheap full size binoculars for the big/little photos, maybe 15 arrived with bad collimation issues...from being dropped where that impact shifted the prisms. Some of these $10-$20 Goodwill ® ( sold :”as is”) binoculars seemed not worth me investing a whole of effort to fix, or else don’t adjust easily, or won’t cooperate in being taken apart. And after photographing them, I consider most as being expendable. So I thought if inertia impact shifted prisms out of collimation, why not try to do the same to reverse that, and tried banging them certain ways on a plastic cutting board. To my astonishment I have successfully fixed 17 full size binoculars this way, and I even fixed a pair of WW1 German 6x24 military binoculars that wouldn’t come apart. Now I absolutely do not recommend that you try this with anything you care about !!!. And I am flat out flabbergasted that this really dumb idea worked out as well at it has for me…. But it has.

Big and Small: SPI & Southerner binoculars

Southerner was a non trade marked brand of SPI , which was a trade marked name of distributor Southern Precision Instruments. My smaller 7x18 SPI Southerner binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov. 1959. They were assembled by TOA /Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ) of Japan . My larger & unusual power 16x50 SPI Southerner binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov. 1959. They have a TOC in surround exporter mark of Tokyo Optical Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Japan.

SPI Southerner binoculars.
SPI Southerner jumelles.
SPI Southerner fernglas.
SPI Southerner binocolo.
SPI Southerner binoculares.
SPI Sootherner prismaticos.
SPI Southerner kikkert.
SPI Southerner kikare.
SPI Southerner verrekijker.
SPI Southerner binoclu.
SPI Southerner dalekohledu.
SPI Southerner durbun.
SPI Southerner tavcso.
SPI Southerner lornteka.
SPI Southerner dylbi.
SPI Southerner dvogled.
SPI Southerner binoklis.
SPI Southerner ziuronai.
SPI Southerner binoclu.
SPI Southerner ong nhom.

Big and Small: Glory binoculars

Big and Small: Gold Cup binoculars

Glory was claimed to be a trade marked (perhaps Japanese trade mark) binoculars brand of Japanese Katsuma Optical Co. My smaller Glory 8x20 binoculars were assembled by JB5/ Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd./ 明治精工株式会社 of Japan , with frame by JE50/ Tanaka Koki Seisakujo. Inc.of Japan My larger 8x30 Glory binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov. 1959. They have a KOCo logo of Katsuma Optical Co./ 勝間光学工業株式会社 of Japan .

Gold Cup was a trade marked binoculars brand of US chain store retailer Fred Meyer Inc. with stores in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska, USA. My smaller 7x18 Gold Cup binoculars were assembled by JB93/ Siewa Optical Co. Ltd. (Seiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha ) ( 清和光学株式会社 ) of Japan , with frame by JE50/ Tanaka Koki Seisakujo. Inc.of Japan. My larger 8x30 Gold Cup binoculars were assembled by JB194/

  Miyagaki Kogakusha of Japan, and the frame /body was made by JB69/ Akebono Optical Co., Ltd. (Akebono Kōgyō Seisakujo) ( 曙光学工業 ) of Japan.

Big and Small: Apollo binoculars

Glory binoculars.
Glory jumelles.
Glory fernglas.
Glory binocolo.
Glory binoculares.
Glory prismaticos.
Glory kikkert.
Glory verrekijker.
Glory kiikarit.
Glory kikare.
Glory dylbi.
Glory dvogled.
Glory dalekohled.
Glory binoklis.
Glory ziuronai.
Glory lornetka.
Glory binoclu.
Glory durbun.
Glory ong nhom.

Big and Small: Charles Frank Nipole binoculars

Gold Cup binoculars.
Ggold Cup jumelles.
Gold Cup fernglas.
Gold Cup binocolo.
Gold Cup prismaticos.
Gold Gup binoculares.
Gold Cup kikare.
Gold Cup kikkert.
Gold Cup kiikarit.
Gold Cup verrekijker.
Gold Cup durbun.
Gold Cup binoclu.
Gold Cup binoklis.
Gold Cup ziuronai.
gold Cup lornetka.
Gold Cup ong nhom.

Big and Small: Fisher Dietz binoculars

Apollo was a German trade marked binoculars brand of the German company Apollo-Optik Gmbh, also trade marked in Israel, Australia, USA, and the UK., and perhaps some other markets, and with some related Apollo trademarks subsequently owned by the German Foto Quelle camera-optical retail chain. My smaller 7x18 Apollo binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1952-Nov. 1959. They marked as assembled by TOA /Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ) of Japan. My larger 10x50 Apollo binoculars were assembled by JB17/ Otake Kogaku Kogyo, of Japan.

Apollo binoculares.
Apollo jumelles.
Apollo fernglas.
Apollo binocolo.
Apoll binoculares.
Apollo prismaticos.
Apollo kikkert.
Apollo kikare.
Apollo dylbi.
Apollo dvogled.
Apollo dalekohled.
Apollo binoklis.
Apolla ziuronai.
Apolla lornetka.
Apollo binoclu.
Apollo durbun.
Apollo ong nhom. Charles Frank Niple binoculars.
Charles Frank Nipole jumelles.
Charles Frank nipole fernglas.
Charles frank Nipole binocolo.
Charles Frank Nipole binoculares.
Charles Frank Nipole prismaticos.
Charles frank Nipole kikkert.
Charles Frank Nipole kikare.
Charles Frank Nipole dylbi.
Charles Frank Nipole dvogled.
Charles Frank Nipole dalekohled.
Charles Frank Nipole binoklis.
Charles Frank Nipole ziuronai.
Charles Frank Nipole lornetka.
Charles Frank Nipole binoclu.
Charles Frank Nipole durbun.
Charles Frank Nipole ong nhom. Fisher Dietz binoculars.
Fisher Dietz jumelles.
Fisher Dietz fernglas. 
Fisher Dietz binocolo.
Fisher Dietz binoculares.
Fisher Dietz prismaticos.
Fisher Dietz kikkert.
Fisher Dietz kiikarit.
Fisher Dietz kikare.
Fisher Dietz dylbi.
fisher Dietz dvogled.
Fisher Dietz dalekohled.
Fisher Dietz binoklis.
Fisher Dietz ziuronai.
Fisher Dietz lornetka.
Fisher Dietz binoclu.
Fisher Dietz durbun.
Fisher Dietz ong nhom.

Nipole was a non btrade marked binoculars brand of Scotland based optical retailer Charles Frank Ltd , as is also marked on the binoculars. My smaller 8x25 Frank Nipole 8x25 binoculars were assembled by JB93/ Siewa Optical Co. Ltd. (Seiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha ) ( 清和光学株式会社 ) of Japan , with frame by JE84/ Oei Kogaku Co. Ltd. of Japan. My larger Charles Frank, Frank-Nipole 10x50 binoculars were assembled by JB230/ Higashi Nippon Kogaku Kikai Kyodo Kumiai of Japan.

I have never found any documentation defining the background of Fisher Dietz brand use on binoculars. My smaller 7x18 Fisher Dietz binoculars were assembled by JB001/ Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ). of Japan. My larger Fisher-Dietz 7x50 binoculars were assembled by JB57/ Oji Kogaku Kikai Co. Ltd. of Japan , with frame/body made by JE6 /Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. of Japan.

Big and Small: Constellation binoculars

Big and Small: Harpers binoculars

Big and Small: Birks binoculars

Big and Small: Crystal binoculars

I have never found documentation defining the background of Famous brand use on binoculars. My smaller Famous 7x18 binoculars post date the US occupation period but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959, and do not have any manufacturer or exporter logos. My larger 7x35 Famous binoculars were assembled by JB38/ Nakabishi Kogaku Inc. of Japan, with frame/body made by JE31/ Muraki Koko Co. Ltd. Of Japan. ,

Big and Small: Dickson binoculars

Constellation binoculars.
Constellation jumelles.
Constellation fernglas.
Constellation binocolo.
Constellation binoculares.
Constellation prismaticos.
Constellation kikkert.
Constellation verrekijker. 
Constellation kiikarit.
Constellation kikare.
Constellation dylbi.
Constellation dvogled.
Constellation dalekohled.
Constellation binoklis.
Constellation ziuronai.
Constellation lornetka. 
Constellation binoclu.
Constellation durbun.
Constellation ong nhom.

I have never found any documentation defining the background of Constellation brand use on binoculars. My smaller 8x20 Constellation binoculars were assembled by JB5/ Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd./ 明治精工株式会社 of Japan , with frame by JE50/ Tanaka Koki Seisakujo. Inc. of Japan. My larger 8x30 Constellation binoculars were assembled by JB118/ Yoshikawa Koki Co. Ltd. of Japan.

Harpers binoculars.
Harpers jumelles.
Harpers fernglas.
Harpers binocolo.
Harpers binoculares.
Harpers prismaticos.
Harpers kikkert.
Harpers verrekijker.
Harpers kiikarit.
Harpers kikare.
Harpers dylbi.
Harpers dvogled.
Harpers dalekohled.
Harpers binoklis.
Harpers ziuronai.
Harpers lornetka.
Harpers binoclu.
Harpers durbun
Harpers ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Harpers brand use on binoculars. My smaller 10x20 Harpers binoculars probably predate JB codes, but carry the MSC logo of Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd./ 明治精工株式会社 of Japan. My larger 7x35 Harpers binoculars were assembled by JB204/ Chuo Koki Seisakujo of Japan , with frame/body made by JE66 (unknown Japanese entity). Both the 7x35 and 7x50 binoculars are made to look like prismatic binoculars, but are actually cheap low end non prismatic binoculars.

Birks binoculars.
Birks jumelles.
Birks fernglas.
Birks binocolo.
Birks binoculares.
Birks prismaticos.
Birks kikkert.
Birks verrekijker.
Birks kikkarit.
Birks kikare.
Birks dylbi.
Birks dvogled.
Birks dalekohled.
Birks binoklis.
Birks ziuronai.
Birks lornetka.
Birks binoclu.
Birks durbun.
Birks ong nhom.

Birks is a Canadian trade marked binoculars brand of Canadian retailer Henry Birk & Sons (now Birks group, formerly Birks Jewelers and Les Joalliers Birks Inc. My smaller 8x20 Birks binoculars are marked as assembled by JB5/ Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd./ 明治精工株式会社 of Japan. My larger Birks 8x30 binoculars were assembled by JB4/ Toei Kogaku Co. Ltd. of Japan, with frame/body made by JE22 / Itabashi Kogaku Kikai Seisakujo Inc. of Japan.

Dickson binoculars.
Dickson jumelles.
Dickson fernglas.
Dickson binocolo.
Dickson binoculares.
Dickson prismaticos.
Dickson kikkert.
Dickson verrekijker.
Dickson kiikarit.
Dickson kikare.
Dickson dylbi.
Dickson dvogled.
Dickson dalekohled.
Dickson binoklis.
Dickson ziuronai.
Dickson lornetka.
Dickson binoclu.
Dickson durbun.
Dickson ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Dickson brand use on binoculars. My smaller 7x18 Dickson binoculars probably predate JB codes, but carry the TOA mark Toa Optical Co., Ltd. (Toa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha )( 東亜光学株式会社 ) of Japan. My larger 7x50 Dickson binoculars were assembled by JB43/ Tozaki Kogaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. of Japan, with frame/body made by JE26/ Futaba Kogaku Kogyo Co. of Japan.

Big and Small: Fortuna binoculars

Crystal binoculars.
Crystal jumelles.
Crystal fernglas.
Crystal binocolo.
Crystal binoculares.
Crystals prismaticos.
Crystal kikkert. 
Crystal verrekijker.
Crystal kiikarit.
Crystal kikare.
Crystal dylbi.
Crystal dvogled.
Crystal dalekohled.
Crystal binoklis.
Crystal ziuronai.
Crystal lornetka.
Crystal binoclu.
Crystal durbun
Crystal ong nhom

I have never found documentation defining the background of Crystal brand use on binoculars. All four of my Crystal binoculars post date the US occupation period but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959. I believe that the ROYAL , T.K.K. and other logo mark are of different Japanese exporters. All three of the 6x15 binoculars are of an distinctive construction design that I have only seen on Crystal marked binoculars.

Big and Small: Elite binoculars

Big and Small: Pollux binoculars

Fortuna binoculars.
Fortuna jumelles.
Fortuna fernglas.
Fortuna binocolo.
Fortuna binoculares.
Fortuna prismaticos.
Fortuna kikkert.
Fortuna verrekijker.
Fortuna kiikarit.
Fortuna kikare.
Fortuna dylbi.
Fortuna dvogled.
Fortuna dalekohled.
Fortuna binoklis.
Fortuna ziuronai.
Fortuna lornetka.
Fortuna binoclu.
Fortuna durbun.
Fortuna ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Fortuna brand use on binoculars. My smaller 6x15 Fortuna binoculars were assembled by JB5 / Meiji Seiko Co. Ltd./ 明治精工株式会社 of Japan. My larger 7x35 Fortuna binoculars predate JB codes and were made in occupied Japan. So they presumably probably date from around 1949-1953. And they are marked as C.O.C. which I believe to be Carton Optical C o ( Carton Optical Industries Ltd / カートン光学株式会社) of Japan.

Big and Small: Pigmy binoculars

Big and Small: Yoshida Thorobred binoculars

Elite binoculars.
Elite jumelles.
Elite fernglas. 
Elite binocolo.
Elite binoculares.
Elite prismaticos.
Elite kikkert.
Elite kikare.
Elite dylbi.
Elite dvogled.
Elite dalekohled.
Elite binoklis.
Elite ziuronai.
Elite lornetka.
Elite binoclu.
Elite durbun.
Elite ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Elite brand use on binoculars in the relevant time period (Bausch & Lomb held a trademark for post 1989 not believed associated). Both of my Elite binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959. My 6x15 Elite binoculars have an M.I.I. marking (unknown entity to me at this time). My 7x35 Elite binoculars have a TOC marking in surround which is the mark of Tokyo Optical Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Japan.

Pollux binoculars.
Pollux jumelles.
Pollux fernglas.
Pollux binocolo.
Pollux binoculares.
Pollux prismaticos.
Pollux kikkert.
Pollux verrekijker.
Pollux kiikarit.
Pollux kikare.
Pollux dylbi.
Pollux dvogled.
Pollux dalekohled.
Pollux binoklis.
Pollux ziuronai.
Pollux lornetka.
Pollux binoclu.
Pollux durbun.
Pollux ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Pollux brand use on binoculars. My external prism pattern 10x30 Pollux binoculars were assembled by JB93/ Siewa Optical Co. Ltd. (Seiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-geisha ) ( 清和光学株式会社 ) of Japan, with frame by JE50/ Tanaka Koki Seisakujo. Inc. of Japan. My larger Pollux 10x50 binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959, and have the TJK in diamond mark of exporter Toyo Jitsugo Kogaku K.K. (Oriental Trading Co) of Japan.

Pigmy binoculars.
Pigmy jumelles.
Pigmy fernglas.
Pigmy binocolo.
Pigmy binoculares.
Pigmy prismaticos.
Pigmy kikkert.
Pigmy verrekijker.
Pigmy kiikarit.
Pigmy kikare.
Pigmy dylbi.
Pigmy dvogled.
Pigmy dalekohled.
Pigmy binoklis.
Pigmy ziuronai.
Pigmy lornetka. 
Pigmy binoclu.
Pigmy durbun.
Pigmy ong nhom.

I have never found documentation defining the background of Pigmy brand use on binoculars. My smaller 6x15 Pigmy binoculars are marked Yamato Kogako Co Ltd. of Japan, and have the finish characteristics of being prewar export (and a pre war Yamato Kogako Seisakusho example is documented). My larger Pigmy 7x50 binoculars are marked MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN , and thus date Feb. 1947-1951 per SCAPIN mandate. They have an exporter logo I cannot identify at this time

Yoshida Thorobred binoculars.
Yoshida Thorobred junmelles.
Yoshida Thorobred fernglas.
Yoshida Thorobred binocolo.
Yoshida Thorobred binoculares.
Yoshida Thorobred prismaticos.
Yoshida Thorobred kikkert.
Yoshida Thorobred verrekivker.
Yoshida Thorobred kiikarit.
Yoshida Thorobred kikare.
Yoshida Thorobred dylbi.
Yoshida Thorobred dvogled.
Yoshida Thorobred dalekohled.
Yoshida Thorobred binoklis.
Yoshida Thorobred ziuronai.
Yoshida Thorobred lornetka.
Yoshida Thorobred binoclu.
Yoshida Thorobred durbun.
Yoshida thorobred ong nhom.

In my opinion (speculative) Yoshida & Co. was probably a 1950’s Japanese exporter, based on not appearing on the 1959 list of assembling Japanese binoculars, and based on the only indication of assembling manufacturer I have personally seen on Yoshida binoculars is several “ K ” logo markings (Japanese contract manufacturer Omori Sogo Kogaku). My smaller Yoshida & Co Thorobred 7x15 binoculars post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959, have an unknown identity TKG in diamond mark. My larger Yoshida & Co. Thorobred 7x50 binoculars also post date the US occupation period, but predate JB codes, so date 1951-Nov 1959. They have an unknown “ FU ” marking (presumably not meant to be what comes immediately to mind !!!).

Mark Ohno in Australian Hat with Binoculars.
Mark ohno mit fernglas.
Mark ohno avec jumelles.
mark ohno con binoculares prismaticos.
mark ohno med kikare.
Mark Ohno con binocolo. Exotic Woman observing with Tiny Binoculars.
Frau beobachtet mit einem ferglas.
Femme observant avec des jumelles.
Mujer observando con binoculares.
Kvinna observerar med kikare.
Donna osserva con il binocolo Surprised Woman lookin through  Binoculars.
Frau schaut durch ein fernglas.
Femme regardant 1 travers de jumelles.
Mujer mirando a traves de binoculares prismaticos.
Kvinna som tittar genom kikare.
Donna che guarda attraverso il binocolo.

Big and Small: Famous binoculars

Famous Binoculars.
Famous jumelles.
Famous fernglas.
Famous binocolo.
Famous binoculares.
Famous prismaticos.
Famous kikkert.
Famous verrikjker.
Famous kiikarit.
Famous kikare.
Famous dylbi.
Famous dvogled.
Famous dalekohled.
Famous binoklis.
Famous ziuronai.
Famous lornetka.
Famous binoclu.
Famous durbun.
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