As I also mentioned the Ciro-Flex came with a ton of extras; the original manual, a couple of advertisements for the camera, a filter adapter, a lens hood, a lens cleaning brush, two Kodak flash guides, a GE Photo Data Book from 1950, several informational booklets that originally came with the camera, another book purchased separately at the time that is somewhat of a basic photography guide using this camera (written by Bruce Downes, copyright 1950), and a letter to the original owner of the camera (see scan below) from Ciro Cameras from when it was here in Delaware, it also came with the bottom half of the original box.
I'm still trying to determine exactly which model this one is, as they were made in models A through F. I'm positive that it's not a F, which is the top-of-the-line model, even though it came with a booklet extolling the virtues of the F. Because it has the Rapax synchromatic shutter, it is either a C, D, E, or F. It's not an F because it's not stamped as such on the side, it also has an 85mm lens, and a maximum aperture of f/3.5. The F model had an 83mm lens and a max. aperture of f/3.2. Based on the pictures I've seen around the web I'm leaning toward this being a model C.
In one of the original booklets that came with the camera it shows how the camera was made, and includes several photos of the outside of the factory and various people inside building the cameras. Using the photo of the outside of the factory, I should be able to waymark the building in the "Photos, then and now" category, as the factory still stands today.
Again as promised, here are some pics. It did come with the original case, but I forgot to grab a pic, and I'm just too darn lazy to take more pics right now. :) Same as yesterday, excuse the odd colors, and you'll notice that the pics are a little lesser quality. Dewgrl took our newest digital with her today, so I was stuck using one of the other two we have. I first took some pics with a 2.1mp RCA camera I have since it's the newer of the two, but it doesn't have a macro function, so those pics were horrible. I then broke out my old Olympus D-320L which doesn't even have a mega pixel rating (it shoots 640x480) but has a much higher quality lens and a macro mode....although it eats 4 AA batteries like they're going out of style, even without using the display screen. The pics below are from that Olympus.
The front and side showing the focusing knob.
The front and other side with the hood up.
The front of the camera
The letter that was included with the camera. Interestingly, it mentions that the shutter allows a speed up to 1/400, but it might take some extra work to get it into that position, and that it'll work better with more use. The shutter does indicate 1/400, and it is still a little hard to get it to turn to that setting. You can click on the image to get a larger (which you can then also click again to zoom in), easier to read image of the letter.
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