1963 Newspaper Article Announcing Pentax Cameras Entry into U.S. Market

Honeywell Pentax article provides interesting historical context for photographers

I was researching a different topic when I noticed this headline in a 1963 newspaper. This article tells us that Honeywell had registered the Pentax brand trademark and would work with customs to block any mail orders — however tourists from Japan who already owned a Pentax would be permitted to bring it into the country — but only for their own use and not for resale.

Found in the newspaper Hokubei Mainichi (San Francisco, CA), published on February 12, 1963. Page 1. Link to the original from the Hoover Institution Library and Archives.