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This is the camera O'Connor used for his articles and books, after guying it in the 1930s. Acquired it a decade ago, during the fundraiser auction that's part of the annual 2-day celebration event at the Jack O'Connor Hunting Heritage and Education Center in Lewiston, Idaho. Jack's son Bradford donated the camera and an enlarged B&W photo showing Jack on a hunt with the camera, and Eileen made the winning bid. This year we were invited to the celebration, which begins today, and decided to re-donate the camera and photo to the auction. But we couldn't get there, due to a major spring snowstorm over the pass we drive over to get to Lewiston. So instead we're putting the camera and photo up for sale here, asking $1500, which will be donated the O'Connor Center. (The price includes shipping in the U.S.) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/255027.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/255028.jpg)
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Fantastic piece of History.
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I'll bet most of us will never see this come up for sale again!
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Wow John and well said Don - what a great piece of history
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Grew up on Jack O'Connor. Have several of his books. Perhaps you can make the annual event next year and donate it to the auction. Thanks for posting this. GLWYS
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My father acquired one of these as well as a Leica while he was overseas in WWII. A teetotaler, he traded his liquor ration for them. It is interesting to compare them because the Contax is designed to circumvent the Leica patents. These were the best 35mm cameras on the market in the 30’s and 40’s. I hope you are offering this camera to photography buffs as well as jack O’Connor fans.
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Awfully good of you John & Eileen. Thank you.
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does it use 270 caliber film...
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Grew up on Jack O'Connor. Have several of his books. Perhaps you can make the annual event next year and donate it to the auction. Thanks for posting this. GLWYS We're both in our 70s, and the O'Connor Heritage Center always needs funds to keep operating. Which are the two reasons we decided not to wait a year....
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Don't know, have never tried it. But also don't know why it wouldn't....
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