THE OLD ARGUS C-3 THAT, ALTHOUGH FULLY OPERATIONAL.....STILL ............

LANGUISHED IN THE BASEMENT, IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX.....   THE CAMERA, ONCE UTILIZED BY MARY ASTOR....AND, LATER, BY ROONEY MARA.....SEEMS TO BE, CURRENTLY, DOOMED TO OBSOLESCENCE....MY MOTHER CARRIED THE HEAVY 'BRICK' CHROME AND BLACK CAMERA....EVERYWHERE.....FOR DECADES....THEN, GAVE IT TO ME AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY.......TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION OF OLD CAMERAS....