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...second to any New York newspaper." Last month, when Maxwell was visiting New York, his competitive instincts were aroused by a fanfare of Page One headlines in the New York Herald Tribune announcing the "Camerama," a new* secret "revolutionary camera that will make press history." The "amazing camera," bragged the Herald Trib, takes a 160°, wide-angled picture, which the paper printed across 16 columns, i.e., two full newspaper pages. The camera mechanism, the Herald Trib continued, is so secret that only its inventor knows how it works, and he keeps it concealed in an "aluminum breadbox." The Trib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Mysterious Boxes | 5/23/1955 | See Source »

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