Low Mfg. Co./Kalamazoo Shutter Co. (Kalamazoo, MI)
Low Kazoo Shutter No. 1 (with adjustable back) - c. 1895 - c.1901
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony &
Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p. 75
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony &
Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p. 74
Notes: The
odd name of this shutter comes from the location of the manufacturer,
Kalamazoo, MI. Kalamazoo apparently was a hotbed of this type of
shutter, also being the location of the Michigan Photo Shutter Co.,
makers of the Packard-Ideal Shutter. The label reads "Low
Shutter / Patented Nov. 5, 1893 / " Feb 17, 1891". It appears to
be the Ni-plated Kazoo Shutter No. 1 in catalogs. A plain
version painted black is called Kazoo Shutter No. 2.
References:
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, p.75
Wilson's Cyclopaedic Photography, Edward L. Wilson (New York,
NY), copyright 1894, p. 464
The International Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1895,E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p.
47
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p.
75
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII
1896, edited by Frederick J. Harrison, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New
York, NY), 1896, p. a53
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p.
76
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
November, 1898, p. 73
Catalogue No. IIII of Professional and Amateur Photographer's
Supplies, Wm. F. Uhlman (St. Joseph, MO), c.1901, p. 24
Photographic Goods 1842-1904, The Anthony and Scovill Co., (New
York, NY), 1904, Catalog A, p.34
Photographic
Catalogue, The Anthony and Scovill Co., (Binghamton, NY), 1906,
p.134
