This instrument is a manual photo enlarger, circa 1930, that was typically found in a drugstore, where trained personnelused it to transfer film to paper. It was manufactured by the American Photographic Alliance Corporation (APAC), of Greenfield, Massachusetts, a competitor of Eastman Kodak. The company was founded by Paul S. Pirmov, who came to the United States from Russia in the early 1920s. He is credited with inventing the first rapid projection printer for the mass production of photographic enlargements.
Pirmov, Paul S. American Photographic Appliance Corporation’s Presto Printer (Photo-Enlarger). ca. 1930. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/m-69/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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