Gallery: Crazy Old Spy Cameras Made to Look Like Guns and Books
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The Enjalbert Revolver de Poche, c.1890, France.
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The Enjalbert Revolver de Poche, c.1890, France.
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The “Lucky Strike” camera with light meter, c.1950, US.
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Minox Brochure, 1937, Latvia.
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The Minox, 1937, Latvia.
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The Hythe Mark II Camera Gun, Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company, c. 1918.
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The Ticka, 1904, UK.
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Ticka advert, 1904, UK.
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The Scovill Book Camera, c.1892, US.
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Krugener’s Book Camera, 1888, Germany.
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Stirn Concealed Vest Camera, Western Electric Company, 1888.
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French Photo-Cravate, patented by Edmund Bloch in 1890.
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