1842 as E. Anthony & Co. by Edward Anthony; 1901 as Ansco Co.; in 1928 as Agfa Ansco Co.
Headquarters
Binghamton, New York
,
USA
Products
Cameras, Films, Optical and other products
Parent
American IG
An Ansco B2 Speedex JuniorAnsco Plenachrome 116 Film (Expired: July 1948)
Ansco was the brand name of a photographic company based in Binghamton, New York, which produced photographic films, papers and cameras from the mid-19th century until the 1980s.[1][2]
In the late 1880s, Ansco's predecessor, Anthony and Scovill, bought the Goodwin Camera & Film Company. Hannibal Goodwin invented flexible photographic film, which should have made Anthony and Scovill the leader in the amateur photography business. However, George Eastman copied the patented process and immediately set out to compete against Anthony and Scovill. The ruthless behavior of Eastman nearly drove the now-named Ansco out of business, but a settlement in 1905 saved the company from bankruptcy. Eastman Kodak got away cheaply in this legal proceeding. In 1928 Agfa of Germany merged with Ansco and allowed it to compete in the worldwide photographic market like its competitors, Kodak and Zeiss. This joint company added many Agfa cameras and accessories to its sales in the USA as a result. In the months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US Government seized Agfa-Ansco. This now government-run business continued to survive as a hostile alien property (under government control into the 1960s). During this period, the organization was renamed GAF (General Aniline & Film Corporation). Throughout the postwar period the concern sold rebadged versions of cameras made by other manufacturers, including Agfa and Chinon. A Minolta-built Ansco model was the first 35 mm camera in outer space, and their film was used in space, too.
^Current,Ira. ANSCO Reminiscences Broome County Historical Society Newsletter, Spring 1995.
^Ollinger, James. A Brief History of Agfa, Ansco and GAF Cameras.
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