The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first mail order business. The company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward^[1]. They sold cameras under the Wards brand, and some by other names.

Contents 1 Cameras 2 Wards 2.1 35mm Rangefinder 2.2 35mm Viewfinder 2.3 SLR 2.4 TLR 2.5 127 Cameras 2.6 Box 3 Links

CamerasEdit

• Adams 351
• Adams 352
• Baby Thornward #2
• Long Focus Thornward
• Majestic
• Montgomery Model B
• MW
• Premium
• Thornward Dandy

WardsEdit

35mm Rangefinder Edit

• Wards am 450 = Konica Auto S
• Wards am 550
• Wards am 551 = Konica_Auto_S2

35mm Viewfinder Edit

• Ward 35
• Wards 35-EE
• Wards I-A (rebadged Adox Polo 1S)
• Wards II-A
• Wards III-A (rebadged Adox Polomatic 3S)
• Wards cp 301
• Wards ep 504 Electric
• Wards EYE (aka Konica EYE) half frame
• Wards x100
• Wards xp400
• Wards xp 500
• Wards xp 500a
• Wards xp 501 (rebadged Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)

SLR Edit

• Wards SLR 700

TLR Edit

• Wardflex (metal & plastic versions)
• Wardflex II ( a rebadged Taiyōdō TLR )

127 Cameras Edit

• Wards 25

Box Edit

• Wardette (similar to Bilora Stahl-Box)

1. ↑ Wikipedia article

Links Edit

• Wards xp 501 (same as the Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)

Companies of Chicago (Illinois)

Adams & Westlake | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Co. | Deardorff | De Vry | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Metropolitan Industries | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith