Categories JOSSICA Happy Birthday National Guard! Post author By Mike Nova Post date December 16, 2023 Listen to this article Happy Birthday National Guard! ← Artifact of the Week: Minox B Camera In 1936, Walter Zapp, a Latvian engineer, developed a portable camera that would fit easily into the palm of the hand and yet take high-quality, spontaneous pictures. The Minox subminiature camera, in its various models, was the world’s most widely used spy camera. When it first became available, the camera was considered a marvel of technology; it was originally made from steel in Riga, Latvia, from 1937 to 1944. Minox used film one-quarter the size of standard 35-mm film, with 50 frames loaded in a cassette. The ultra-light aluminum-shell Minox B was produced from 1958 to 1972. Because of its small size, it was easy to conceal. It could take excellent photographs of documents at close range and was a natural for secret photography. In 1969, the Minox C was introduced with an electronic shutter. It is no longer in production. Convicted KGB spy John A. Walker, Jr. used a Minox C to photograph sensitive National Security Agency codes. Although our museum is not open to the public, we regularly share new artifacts to give you a virtual peek inside. Learn more. https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/minox-b-camera/ #HISTINT #Museum → Have you created a gingerbread house yet this #holiday season? Pictured here are a few crafted by #CIA officers as part of the annual #CombinedFederalCampaign. One of our favorites (based on an actual CIA mission) features a gingerbread rendition of the “Glomar Explorer” atop a peanut butter and puffed rice sea wall. Beneath the ship, a large mechanical wafer cookie claw is descending down to the ocean floor to retrieve the sunken Soviet cake-like submarine. What craftsman-ship! Read more about the real operation, Project Azorian, here: https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exhibit/project-azorian/ #HappyHolidaysPhotos from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s post