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1971 FOMA Camera Film Company Czechoslovakia Lens Shutter Logo Pin Badge

1971 FOMA Camera Film Company Czechoslovakia Lens Shutter Logo Pin Badge

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  • A pretty, 1971 gold coloured metal advertising pin from former Czechoslovakia, it is 1.7cm in diameter and has a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.

    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of FOMA who were the sole supplier of photographic film in Czechoslovakia in the socialist era.

 

  • In 1921 FOTOCHEMA Ltd. was founded in the Czechoslovak city of Hradec Kralove. It produced photographic plates and processing chemicals.
    Ten years later they started producing developing paper and black-and-white film.

    In 1949 the company was nationalised as FOTOCHEMA and the range of products was extended further to comprise X-ray films, black-and-white positive copy film, black-and-white papers for industrial use, black-and-white reversal film, colour paper, colour negative film and colour reversal film.

    The company still exists today, having survived the transition from communist to free market economies and is still a major employer in Hradec Kralove where the original company started up.

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