Richard Morrison/Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY)
Morrison's Leukoscope, c. 1888
The American Annual of Photography and Photographic
Times Almanac for 1888, ads p. 71
Serial No. 3385
Serial No. 3343, No. 4 for
14x17", $100
Notes:
This variation of Morrison lens has a stop which inserts completely and is retained by a close-fitting brass ring (padded with felt). The stops (no examples are present) would probably be identical to those of the Darlot Hemispherique Rapide.
References:
Walzl's Photographic Journal and the Photographer's Friend, Richard
Walzl, pub. (Baltimore, MD) undated c.1886, p. 27
Scovill Manf'g Co. Catalogue Photographic Goods, June, 1887, David
Tucker & Co. (Buffalo, NY), June, 1887, p.58
The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1888, C.W. Canfield, ed.; Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), copyright
1887, ads p. 71
