Shalco This is a Shalco HIT-type camera, with case, original box and instructions. Very nice. As with many of the cameras in the collection, this HIT : has a single shutter speed (1/30th sec) has a fixed-focus 30mm lens has a fixed aperture (f11.0) uses 17.5mm paper-backed film (producing a 14x14mm image)

Purma Special The Purma Special was introduced in 1937 and manufactured until 1951. This was a particularly unusual-looking bakelite camera, featuring a unique shutter and lens mechanism. The lens was spring loaded, being pushed back into the camera when the lens cap was replaced; preventing the photographer from making an exposure whilst the cap was on. The Purma Special takes 16 1.25 inch square photos on a 127mm film. Two red windows on the rear of the camera are used to align the frame when advancing the film.

Kodak Instamatic 104 These cameras were manufactured from 1965-1968, and this one appears to have been used solidly since then. Specs : f/11 43mm lens, shutter speeds of 1/40 and 1/90, uses 126 cartridge film giving a negative size of 28x28mm. Originally sold for US$15.95. They used flashcubes rather than individual bulbs (invoking memories of my earliest photographic attempts).