Scovill Mfg. Co.
American Optical Company

Star View Camera with Flammang Revolving Back

8x10

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1890
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (single gear track on top of middle base rail); single or double swing; reversing by Flammang's patent revolving back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: at least 8x10
Notes: The revolving back is found on the Flammang's Patent Revolving Back Camera, Front Focus and the same, Back Focus, and this back is identical to those.  The rest of the camera is similar to the Star model, in that the front standard is held by metal posts, except for some slight differences in the metal front standard rods.   This variation is apparently not featured in any catalogs, and may therefore be a special order or prototype.

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