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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PotatoPie, post: 327777, member: 6644&quot;]I have this pair of army green (WWII or Vietnam-era?) film magazines, but am not sure what kind of camera they go to.&nbsp; Looking around on the internet, I found the same distinctive labyrinth texture paint finish on Bell &amp; Howell cameras, and saw that this company made film and imaging equipment for the US Military.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are two separate magazines, but as you can see, hand-marked in green on both: “ IRS /#196. ” If anybody has knowledge of these types of cameras, I would really appreciate your thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; What kind of camera or equipment are they used with?</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Do you know anything about the paint technique used to make the labyrinthine texture-pattern on i.e. Bell &amp; Howell cameras in general?&nbsp; I can’t find any information on this online.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; What era are these magazines from, and what do you think they might have been used for? Is there possibly film inside that would need to be professionally preserved before being exposed to light?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109440[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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