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Oregon

The Antiques Directory at abcantiquesdirectory.com is pleased to share with you this antiques article from our small, but expanding, collection of articles about antiques and collectables in America and around the world.

Antique Cameras
Antique cameras are a development of the 'camera obscura' which has been used for hundreds of years by artists to assist with the formatting of artwork on canvas. It wasn't until years later when chemists discovered photographic plates and films that the camera came into being. The 'Box Brownie' camera was invented by Kodak in 1900 and made photography very popular, the 'brownie' was bought by millions of people.

Look on the website at www.state.or.us, to find out more information about Oregon. But just to keep you interested here are some interesting facts. There are about 3 million people living in Oregon. The state flower for Oregon is the Oregon Grape. Oregon is also known as Beaver State, and the state tree is the Douglas Fir. Hardly worth going to the website now, is it?