The BJP discussed the early history of camera making and George Hare's involvement with the hand camera: 'Mr. Hare made many of the earlier box-form hand-cameras, most of which were made to the order of Mr. Dallmeyer. We believe also that he was the originator of the type of camera in which the front board folds up and encloses the lens and shutter, as in the Una and Alpha of today, or we might even say the folding Kodaks. This early instrument was called the 'box-form camera'...'