Biofix

c. 1912

The images show two men drinking. Image size is approximately 42 x 30 mm on 42 x 45 mm card.

Biofix operated photographic studios producing flip books. The London Gazette shows that there were several companies involved e.g. Biofix (Leeds) most of which had a very short life span.

References & Notes:

Stephen Herbert, Animated Portrait Photography in History of Photography, Vol. 13, No. 1, January - March 1989.

Bovril Flip Book

'Bovril soon puts a nan on his feet' shows an old man in a bath chair getting up and running off. 32 pages, 2 ½" x 1 ½".

Moveigram

Merx

Guildford

England

Flicker book, 36, prints mounted as a book. The subject is a boy holding a Contax III camera, he winds-on the film, raises the camera to his eye and takes a picture.

Notes:

Address: 12 Farnham Rd., Guildford, Surrey.

Merx would produce flicker books from customer's own cine films or from shots taken by their agents.

See Sir Malcolm Campbell Breaking the World's Water Speed Record

Flicker book. Images on both sides of each page.

Sir Malcolm Campbell took the water speed record on Lake Maggiore, Locarno, Switzerland in 1937. Issued by Castrol by courtesy of British Movietone News.

Kinora Reels

Kinora Ltd

London

England

Four reels

No. 44, steam train.
No. 166, steam train.
No. 345, horse drawn fire engine.
No. 479, lifeboat being launched.

All are in cardboard containers.

Early Photography

Biofix

c. 1912

References & Notes:

Bovril Flip Book

Moveigram

Merx

Guildford

England

Notes:

See Sir Malcolm Campbell Breaking the World's Water Speed Record

Kinora Reels

Kinora Ltd

London

England