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Japanese External Reverse Porro Prism Binoculars. WEBSITE MUSEUM |
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BIG & SMALL #4 binoculars |
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Big and Small: Palomar binoculars |
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Big and Small: Hambletonian Peerless binoculars |
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Big and Small: Lafayette binoculars |
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Big &Small: Megaphos binoculars |
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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 to Nov. 1959. My larger 8x Megaphos binoculars were made in France and the brand was imported to the US ca 1908-1929. |
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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 to 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. |
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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. |
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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 to 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. |
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Big and Small: Atlas binoculars |
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Big and Small: Marbo binoculars |
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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 |
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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 |
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Big and Small: Elko Prismatics binoculars |
