Just a quick post to share with you what Yashica’s last TLR box design looked like. After a long run that lasted from 1953 to 1986, this was the end of the road for Yashica (thanks to new owners the Kyocera Corporation).
Here is the earliest box in my collection – from 1954
Back when Yashica was Yashima Kogaku Seiki Co., Ltd.
Kyocera purchased Yashica on a dark day in 1983. This box obviously is from very near the end of the run for the Mat 124G and puts it post-takeover. By serial number, I estimate that my 124G (SN224XXX) puts my camera at being made in 1985.
This is likely the last version of the instruction booklet for the 124G.
This one is dated 8506 (Jun 1985) 3rd printing. Notice that Yashica is now just a division of Kyocera and they were forced from their longtime head office in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
OK, enough Yashica trivia for one day! Thanks for sticking around! – Chris
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