The Weimarer Republik wanted to be "modern", loans from America boosted the economy: no wonder that Agfa called their new camera "Billy". Bad timing though: the 1929 crash changed everything.
A few years later Agfa brought the "Trolita" camera, with that more "Nordic" name (but in fact Trolit, Trolitur is the "Bakelite" they used).
Very interesting. The Bauhaus, a huge influence on modern design, started in Weimar in 1919. Even though it didn't have a photography department till years later, a lot of photography was done there. Check out the book Photography at the Baushaus by Jeannine Fiedler.
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