About Dr. Samuel I. Levin, Inventor of the Candid Camera

It was 1933, Sam Levin rode the trolley with a camera hidden in his hat !

Read how he invented it and how it was used by the Philadelphia newspaper. Find your ancestors in one of the photographs and the mysteryphotographer.com will award you a prize. The prize will be a framed picture of your ancestor.

Mystery Photographer 1933 ad in Evening Public Ledger --- Click image to see larger ---

Mystery Photographer 1933 ad in Evening Public Ledger -- Click image to see larger ---

If you spotted your photo in the morning newspaper, you WON A $2.00 -- Click image to see larger --

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