Pa-Ko Model “B” ?
I was at an antique shop and they had a table. When I got closer I realized it was some kind of press with a foot pedal thing. I looked at the make and it was a Pa-Ko? Model “B” I tried googling this to see if it was worth anything but it looks like it is missing a lot of parts. I don’t know if anyone on here can help educate me as to what I was looking at exactly. I might be able to go back and take some photos.
Thanks
No doubt what you found at the store was a table-based photographic contact printer manufactured by the PAKO Corporation in Minnesota. They were designed for making contact prints from large negatives, and included some features which included variable lighting for burning in, etc. The early models were called PA-KO printers. Some of the models were actually built into a tabletop, others were Independent units which could be placed on a table or bench.
The company later went into all sorts of processing equipment for photographic trade shops and commercial processing labs.