The Vokar Corporation was a camera brand based in Dexter, Michigan from 1943 to the mid 1950s^[1]. Prior to 1943, it had been the Verschoor Corporation, and before 1942 had been the electronics branch of the International Research Corporation, whose camera division became Argus.

Charles A Verschoor had envisoned the Argus A, introduced in 1936, and his company designed the camera that became the Argus C3 in 1939. After management problems, Verschoor ran the electronics division - which produced cameras of its own and was eventually renamed Vokar after Veschoor's death. The company went bankrupt in 1950.^[2]

CamerasEdit

• Vokar A (1940–)
• Vokar B (1946-) also sold as the Vokar I (advertised 1946 and 1947)
• Voigt Junior (1946-)^[3]
• Wirgin Junior (a Voigt Junior Variant) (1946-)^[4]
• Wirgin Deluxe (1946–) an Art Deco encased version of the Voigt Junior
• Vokar I (1947-)
• Vokar II (1948-)^[5]

Notes and ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Argus Museum leaflet, pp1-2
2. ↑ Western Photographic Historical Society
3. ↑ Western Photographic Historical Society
4. ↑ Manual for the Wirgin Junior at OrphanCameras
5. ↑ Vokar II at PBase.com

LinksEdit

• At www.collection-appareils.fr :
  • Vokar Vokar Model A
  • Vokar Vokar II