Build quality and materials are much higher in this camera than what you'll find in most American box cameras of the era, but I'm sure this camera cost several times as much as, say, a Conley Kewpie ...

While the Argus C3 was a sophisticated piece of photographic hardware, with rangefinder focusing and a wide range of shutter speeds, the Argus A was a very simple Bakelite camera, made to resemble the ...