Unmarked & unremarkable German import, results

This is my Grandparents in 1935, taken by a passer by - presumably before the viewfinder got bent.

This is my Grandfather in 1935, at Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

This is my Grandmother in 1935, at Shanklin, Isle of Wight. She is seen here on their honeymoon, an inveterate writer of postcards, practicing against a rowing boat on the beach.

I love this photograph, quite aside from the fact that its of my Grandmother, there's an amazing sense of grace and elegance from this woman - but surrounded by the rather grim suburbs of early 1930's Bristol. Irrespective of the fiscal value of these any old camera, their true value lies in the social and family history they document during their operational lives. I think that wherever possible old family cameras should be kept with their negatives and photographs and handed down through the generations as a tangible link with the past. This old Hutig is almost worthless on the collectors market, but priceless to me.

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