Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Foth & Co.
Parallel form(s) of name
- Foth
- C.F. Foth & Co.
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1925-1940
History
The C. F. Foth & Co. was founded as an optical and mechanical company in approximately 1925. It was originally located in Danzig (Gdansk) in a building that was previously producing gun and munitions for world war 1. Danzig was located within the Polish corridor where the German population eventually forced the annexation by Germany in 1939. C. F. Foth & Co. was also established in Berlin at Cottbusser Damm. 25-26 in approximately 1926. In 1928 the Berlin factory moved to Berlin-Britz Grade StraBe 91-107 until 1932 and then finally to Berlin-Buchholz, PankStrasse 1-3 until its dissolution in the early 1940s. The company was popular for not only producing the Derby cameras but also radio headphones, binoculars and optical lens and equipment.