Myrtle Lind Poses with Graflex Camera, 1919

Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach. Myrtle Lind (September 2, 1898 - October 12, 1993) started her film career at the Mack Sennett studios. She appeared in numerous comedy shorts and became one of Sennett's famous bathing beauties. Although she appeared in more than thirty films Myrtle never became a major star. Graflex was a manufacturer that gave its brand name to several models of camera. The company was founded as the Folmer and Schwing Manufacturing Company in New York City in 1887 by William F. Folmer and William E. Schwing as a metal working factory, manufacturing gas light fixtures, chandeliers, bicycles and eventually, cameras. In 1909, it was acquired by George Eastman

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12698733

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48540615

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3171px x 4500px (1.3MB)

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LOC/Science Source/Mary Evans