Minox Mug
The archetypal sub-miniature camera. Was invented by the engineer Walter Zapp of Riga, Latvia, in 1936. Production in Riga at VEF ran from 1937/1938 until 1944. After WWII, production was re-started in Germany from 1948. Although primarily marketed as a luxury item, the Minox was also used as an espionage camera. Its close-focusing lens and small size made it perfect for covert uses such as surveillance or document copying. The Minox was used by both Axis and Allied intelligence agents during World War II. Later versions were used well into the 1980s. The Soviet spy John A. Walker Jr., whose actions against the US Navy cryptography programs represent some of the most compromising intelligence actions against the United States during the Cold War era, used a Minox C to photograph documents and ciphers. The espionage use of the Minox has been memorialized by Hollywood movies, and some Minox marketing efforts played up the "spy camera" story in an effort to boost sales. The Minox cameras use 8x11mm film in a small cartridge containing a strip of film 9.2mm wide, one-quarter the size of 35mm, capable of holding up to 50 frames Minox 8x11 camera models: Riga (attempts to call this model I failed) A (Europe there was no distinction made between the three A models) II III IIIs B - ultralight aluminium shell, produced from 1958 to 1972 C - introduced in 1969, electronic, used by spy John A. Walker, Jr. BL - 1972 with Cds meter LX - electronic EC ECX, replacing EC TLX, titanium titanal eloxat coated CLX, chrome plated and special editions LX Sterling - 925 sterling silver hallmarked LX Selection - gold with black dials LX Gold II - anniversary edition, all gold, with Walter Zapp's signature CLX - with Walter Zapp's signature LX 2000 - brass black anodized with gold trim Aviator - black anodized with luminous dials, logo and script limited edition of 300 EC - with Minox Histortical Society logo limited edition of 100 EC - 1st German Minox club in blue with club logo limited edition of 111. The earlier mechanical cameras are collector's items. Newer electronic versions, such as the Minox TLX, remain in production yet today, essentially unchanged in general features since the 1970s. Only one person, the esteemed Soviet spy John Walker, has the credit of wearing out a Minox camera. He used a Minox C supplied by the Soviets. The FBI estimates that the Minox wears out after around 300,000 exposures. The CIA museum in the Virginia headquarters contains a Minox camera. James Bond used one (except he held it upside down).
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Your description is right on, except in 1989 I named my daughter Kallen Mikel (www.kallenmikel.com/original-art). I thought I made up the name, but apparently, it originated as a boy's name in Greek and Hebrew. I first found this out in 2001 when I was traveling to Finland. In the 'tube food' section in a big Finnish supermarket there it was, a royal blue tube of salmon paste with a blonde-haired boy named Kallen! So now I have discovered that there are many Kallen's of both sexes. I want to buy her a cup, but it has 'him' on it. Is there any way you can make that a unisex description for both sexes? Just askin'. Being a Barbara (Barbs) myself ... a 'cake eater' from Edina, MN I had to ask ... haha ;-)
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