Description

Sherman Fairchild founded the Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation (predecessor of the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation) in 1920 after Fairchild developed an improved aerial camera that he hoped to sell to the U.S. Army. The company’s cameras soon became the standard for military aerial photography. In 1944, the company changed its name to the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, and expanded its product lineup to include other military equipment like machine guns cameras, radar cameras, and x-ray cameras. After the war, they expanded into commercial produce like x-ray equipment, color engraving machines, and motion picture equipment.