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Charles Frank Ltd
Charles Frank Ltd (ca. 1915 – 1974) was an optical and scientific instrument maker in Glasgow, Scotland.
==History==
Charles Frank Ltd was formed in circa 1907 when Lithuanian immigrant Charles Frank opened a shop at 67, Saltmarket,〔A Photograph can be seen at (The Life of Hannah Frank )〕 where he designed, sold, and repaired photographic and scientific apparatus. Over the following half century it was to become one of the best-known photographic centers in the city and ''a byword for excellence in cameras and watches''.〔Quotation from The Herald Newspaper: (Hannah Frank Obituary, 2008 )〕 At some later stage the business expanded into a second premises located in the Glasgow town centre at Ingram Street. This became a more upmarket showroom for the sale of his scientific instruments. During the Second World War, the firm focused on the manufacture of navigational instruments and binoculars for the British war effort.
The post war boom in consumer spending coincided in a growth in interest particularly in Astronomy. The business boomed through the 1950s and early 1960s. At the end of the war the market was flooded with high quality ex-military optical and photographic equipment. Charles Frank Ltd took advantage of this ready supply by buying these goods at public auctions held when no longer needed by the military and reselling them to the public. Throughout Charles Frank Ltd maintained their strong reputation for quality.
In the ten years from the middle of the 1960s the company was undercut by new entrants into the marketplace. Despite this the company was determined to continue to uphold its reputation as a quality manufacturer. Unfortunately Charles Frank Ltd lost market share and in the poor economic climate of the 1970s Britain finally ceased trading in 1974.
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