the take-up spool for the next roll of film.

History

In 1881, a farmer in Cambria, Wisconsin, Peter Houston, invented the first roll film camera. His younger brother, David, filed the patents for various components of Peter's camera. David Henderson Houston (born June 14, 1841; died May 6, 1906), originally from Cambria, Wisconsin, patented the first holders for flexible roll film. Houston moved to Hunter in Dakota Territory in 1880. He

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