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View Camera Boxes

Asher & Adams Railroad Atlas, 1876

from Model Stereo listing, American Optical catalog, 1878, p. 14-15

Date Introduced: 1870 ; Years Manufactured: 1871-c.1882
Construction: rear focus via push-pull with fine focusing screw; 0/1/2 swing; non-reversing; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: #51=4¼x5½; #52=6½x8½; #53=8x10;#54=10x12; #55=11x14; #56=14x17; #57=17x20; #58=20x24
Notes: An engraving was used for American Optical View Camera Boxes in 1871 , and re-used for the Model Stereo Camera Box in 1878 (lowermost engraving).  It is therefore possible that the Model Stereo simply represents the wider, stereo version and the View Box the general version of the same type camera.

References:
Photographic Times Vol. 1, Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), 1871, p. 15
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, Scovill Mfg. Co., distributed by Wilson, Hood & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1873, p. 34-35
Asher & Adams Railroad Atlas, 1876
American Optical catalog, 1878, p. 14-15
Illustrated Catalogue of General Photographic Supplies, Thos. H. McCollin (Philadelphia, PA), 1882, p. 11, 14
 

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