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The La Crosse camera was manufactured by the Aiken-Gleason Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin in circa 1897. This camera was made in two sizes, the La Crosse Junior capable of taking 2 1/2 x 21/2 inch exposures and the Senior capable of taking 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch exposures. Both camera were constructed of wood and covered in real fine grain leather. Both were equipped with a single achromatic fixed focus lens accompanied with a patent safety shutter providing both time and instantaneous pictures. Additional features included a leather handle, tripod socket and a brilliant view finder. The La Crosse Junior camera was priced at two dollars and fifty cents and the La Crosse Senior at three dollars and fifty cents, almost twice as much as the famous "Cresent", which only sold for two dollars.

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