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I've inherited my father's old cameras. All of these are ones he or some other relative once used.

Graflex 22 model 200

Apparently, with the exception of the nameplate, this camera is exactly the same as the Ciro-Flex Model D that had been in production since 1948.

In October of 1951, Graflex Inc. acquired the tools, dies, inventory and rights to manufacture the Ciro 35 and Ciro-flex cameras from Ciro Cameras Inc.

The following is a quote from the Blue Moon International Camera Museumwebsite.
Produced by Graflex from 1952-1956, the Graflex 22 is a medium format TLR camera that produces 6x6cm frames using 120 film. After Graflex bought out the American camera manufacturer Ciro, they modified that company's Ciro-flex cameras and rebranded them the Graflex 22. As far as TLR cameras go, the Graflex 22 is pretty simple. A standard focal length lens is mounted in a leaf shutter with manual film advance done via lining up printed frame numbers in a red window on the back of the camera. Ciro had adopted a slightly longer focal length of 85mm on their cameras in order to produce sharper images corner to corner while using a cheaper triplet lens design. Graflex maintained this practice with the Graflex 22 cameras as well.
There were two major versions of the Graflex 22.
A Model 200 was produced between 1952-56 with an Optar or Graftar 85mm f3.5 lens mounted in a Century Synchromatic shutter.
The Model 400F was produced from 1952-54 and featured an 83mm f3.2 Optar lens mounted in a Graphex shutter.

Description
I've inherited my father's old cameras. All of these are ones he or some other relative once used.

Graflex 22 model 200

Apparently, with the exception of the nameplate, this camera is exactly the same as the Ciro-Flex Model D that had been in production since 1948.

In October of 1951, Graflex Inc. acquired the tools, dies, inventory and rights to manufacture the Ciro 35 and Ciro-flex cameras from Ciro Cameras Inc.

The following is a quote from the Blue Moon International Camera Museumwebsite.
Produced by Graflex from 1952-1956, the Graflex 22 is a medium format TLR camera that produces 6x6cm frames using 120 film. After Graflex bought out the American camera manufacturer Ciro, they modified that company's Ciro-flex cameras and rebranded them the Graflex 22. As far as TLR cameras go, the Graflex 22 is pretty simple. A standard focal length lens is mounted in a leaf shutter with manual film advance done via lining up printed frame numbers in a red window on the back of the camera. Ciro had adopted a slightly longer focal length of 85mm on their cameras in order to produce sharper images corner to corner while using a cheaper triplet lens design. Graflex maintained this practice with the Graflex 22 cameras as well.
There were two major versions of the Graflex 22.
A Model 200 was produced between 1952-56 with an Optar or Graftar 85mm f3.5 lens mounted in a Century Synchromatic shutter.
The Model 400F was produced from 1952-54 and featured an 83mm f3.2 Optar lens mounted in a Graphex shutter.