Originally Posted by
Greg
Burke & James Inc in Chicago, Ill. was a huge photographic equipment store in the 1960s. They advertised that they were the "World's Finest Photographic Equipment (store) for over 64 years" back in 1961. They offered a full range of photographic equipment, custom lens grinding and polishing, Lenskoting, quality control measurements, precision engraving & calibration, modern auto-collimation, and more. They also had a huge lens bank of vintage and new lenses. Burke & James was also a prime and major contractor for the United States Government. As far as I know Eastman Kodak did not use them for coating their lenses. My 14" Ektar is from 1947. After the three digits is the capital letter L with a circle around it. I was told by the original owner of the lens that this indicated that the lens was coated by Eastman Kodak. Sidebar: The original owner also told me that he only used the lens a few times which makes sense since the lens today is in absolutely mint to like new condition.
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