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Engel-Feitknecht: Swiss Luxury LF cameras from 1900
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 5:31 pm    Post subject: Engel-Feitknecht: Swiss Luxury LF cameras from 1900 Reply with quote
Yesterday I got an "Engel-Feitknecht & Cie" catalogie from around 1900.
The company was founded by Alfred Engel-Feitknecht in 1878. First producing in Twann (Switzerland), he opened a branch in Geneva (1888). After his death (1899) his successors moved the company to Biel/Bienne (Switzerland).

A small publication with extensive information about the history of the company can be found here (german only):
https://fotobuerobern.ch/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ALBUM_Engel_Feitknecht_klein.pdf

Here are a few images from their catalogue, probably from 1905:








To give you an idea about the prices:

Average hourly wage for a male Swiss factory worker around 1900 was about CHF 0.42; average wage for a female was CHF 0.24.

S


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Engel-Feitknecht: Swiss Luxury LF cameras from 1900 Reply with quote
stevemark wrote:


Average hourly wage for a male Swiss factory worker around 1900 was about CHF 0.42; average wage for a female was CHF 0.24.

S


Really to say, I don’t suppose that all that staff had been assigned for the average factory worker.
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