C. P. Goerz American Optical Company
1905 - 1975
Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz of Berlin established an American branch in New York City around 1902, and produced cameras there. The American branch was renamed C.P. Goerz American Optical Company in 1905.
This firm was known to make and sell the Lomara pocket microscope that could fit in a vest pocket in the 1930s.
It was active until 1972, long after the German branch had merged with other companies to from Zeiss Ikon.
This firm was known to make and sell the Lomara pocket microscope that could fit in a vest pocket in the 1930s.
It was active until 1972, long after the German branch had merged with other companies to from Zeiss Ikon.
Advertisements for the Lomara pocket microscope appear in Popular Science, November 1931, p. 117. January 1934, p. 93, December 1934, p. 116, and other issues.
Also advertisements in Machinists' Monthly Journal, 1937, and in other publications in the 1930s.