The E. & H.T. Anthony Companies

Field View Cameras

The companies:
Edward Anthony & Co., New York, NY; 1847-1862
E. & H.T. Anthony , New York, NY; 1862-1901
Anthony & Scovill Co., New York, NY; 23 Dec 1901-1907
ANSCO Photoproduce, Inc., Binghampton, NY; 1907-1928
ANSCO-AGFA, Binghampton, NY; 1928-1939

 

E.& H.T. Anthony Patents (incomplete):
159,537; Feb. 9, 1875: plate holder
171,643; Jan. 4, 1876: E.B. Barker's design for the light weight Centennial Pocket Camera
243,136; Jun 21, 1881: dry plate holder (issued to J.M. Howe, who made dry plates)
255,566; Mar 28, 1882: plate holder with both horizontal and vertical slides
255,567; Mar 28, 1882: bellows that revolve at the front standard (Novel and Novelette)
267,821; Nov 11, 1882: plate holder
272,622: Feb 20, 1882: substantially the Fairy Camera
272,717; Feb 20, 1883: plate holder with hinged front (this stamp often looks like Feb.20, '88, but there were no patents issued on such a date)
273,008; Feb 27, 1883: plate holder
Aug 26, 1884: essentially the zephyr plate holder (zephyr plate holders are stamped with the Nov 11, 1882, Feb 27, 1883
     and  Aug 26, 1884 patent dates)
307,965; Nov 11, 1884: clamp-hooks for making bed rigid
341,886; May 18, 1886: focusing attachment
342,212; May 18, 1886: side-mounted thumb screw on rear standard for swing adjustment
355,056A; Dec. 28, 1886: Victor plate holder
379,964; Mar 27, 1888: spring back and bellows support for Long Focus Novelette
437,656; Sep. 30, 1890: plate holder
439,808; Nov. 4, 1890: The Victor plate holder, diagram is the same as the Victor

 

Scans of number of catalogs can be found here.  Scans of Anthony catalogs are here.
Green Links indicate dry plate cameras. 
Light Blue Links
indicate wet plate cameras.

 

 

745.anthony-amateur.outfit.no.1a-retake-4x5b-400v.jpg745.anthony-amateur.outfit.no.1a-retake-4x5c-400v.jpg

Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 1.0 (non-folding platform, no lens board)

 

1430.anthony-amat.equip.var.1.1887-4x6-a-800.jpg

Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 1.1 (non-folding platform, lens board)

 

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Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 2.0 (folding platform, front platform thumbscrew)
 

1058.anthony.amateur.equipment.1-8B.no.5-5x8a-with.case-800h.jpg

Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 2.2 (folding platform, rear platform thumbscrew)
 
tnanbiccat.jpg (5484 bytes)tnanbiccat.jpg (5484 bytes) Bicycle Equipment (c.1885 - c.1895)
 
tnanbijcat.jpg (4556 bytes)tnanbijcat.jpg (4556 bytes) Bijou (c.1885 - c.1897)
 
tnanc148.jpg (1546 bytes)129.anthony-champion.var.1a-5x8a-cam.only-300v.jpg Champion (Equipment) Variation 1A (tilting ground glass, top swing knob) (c.1886 - c.1891)
 
tnanc148.jpg (1546 bytes)tnanc148.jpg (1546 bytes) Champion (Equipment) Variation 1B (tilting ground glass, side swing knob) (c.1887 - c.1890)
 
Schultze Mfg. Co., Anthony Champion Variation 1B-Type Camera (c.1887 - 1892)
tnanc148.jpg (1546 bytes)tnanc148.jpg (1546 bytes) Champion (Equipment) Variation 1C (tilting ground glass, side swing knob, plate to make bed rigid) (c.1887 - c.1890)
 
Champion (Equipment) Variation 2 (c.1890 - c.1897)
 
Champion (Equipment) Variation 3 (c.1898 - c.1899)
 
tnanthonychampionlate6x8c130.jpg (20536 bytes)tnanthonychampionlate6x8c130.jpg (20536 bytes) Champion (Equipment) Variation 4 (c.1900 - c.1906)
 
405.anthony-clifton-5x8a-w.holder&case-800h.jpg Clifton (c.1898 - c.1906)
 

Clifton Long Focus (c.1901 - c.1904)
 
  Climax Camera/Compact Climax Camera (See View and Portrait Boxes)
Compact (Late Style) (c.1891 - c.1903)
 
tnanthonyeurekaoutfit4x5c143.jpg (16454 bytes)tnanthonyeurekaoutfit4x5c143.jpg (16454 bytes) Eureka School Outfit / The Youth's Companion Companion Camera No. 1 / Perry Mason Co. Companion (c.1889 - c.1901)
 
Unknown 13 - Counterfeit E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Eureka School Outfit Camera  (c. 1890)
 
Unknown 14 - Counterfeit E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Eureka School Outfit Camera (c. 1890)
1223.anthony.fairy.mahogany-5x8-a&f-800h.jpg Fairy Novel View Variation 1.0
(round focus knob, non-stereo)
(1884 - c.1889)

 
tnanthonyfairy8x10b030.jpg (14900 bytes) Fairy Novel View Variation 1.1
(round focus knob, stereo)
(1884 - c.1889)
1004anthony-fairy.var.2-5x8a&f-800h.jpg Fairy Novel View Variation 2.0
(spiked focus knob, non-stereo)
(c.1889 - c.1898)

 
1391.anthony.fairy.var.2.1-6x8-a&f-800.jpg
Fairy Novel View Variation 2.1
(spiked focus knob, stereo)
(c.1889 - c.1898)

 
Klauber View/Combination Novel View and Portrait Camera (c. 1884)
 
tnanknickcat.jpg (4095 bytes)tnanknickcat.jpg (4095 bytes) The Knickerbocker Camera (c.1892 - c.1897)
 
1365.anthony.manhattan-5x8-a-w.case&accessories-800.jpg Manhattan (1889 - c.1892, but previously Amateur Outfits)
 
Micrographic Camera (c. 1898-c. 1903)
 
Model Stereo (c.1884 - c.1885)
 
tnannorm.jpg (1726 bytes) Normandie Variation 1 (1889 - c.1901)
 
066.anthony-1903.normandie-5x7a-w.accessories&case-800h.jpg Normandie Variation 2 (at least 1903 and probably later)
 
Anth.Novel.Var.1.wood-cat.anth.bull.13.p160.1882-a&f-800h.jpg Novel View Variation 1, Wooden Front (c. 1882)
 
1111.anthony-novel.var.1.5-5x8a-w.two.stops-800h.jpg Novel View Variation 1.5 (c.1883)
 
1339.anthony-novel.var.1.8-6x8-a.w.case-2-800.jpg Novel View Variation 1.8 (c.1884)
 
Novel View Variation 2 (c.1884 - c.1891)
 
1281.Anthony-Novel.Var.1.7-11x14-a-800h.jpg Novel View Variation 2.1 (c.1884)
 
Novel View Variation 3 (c.1888 - c.1897)
 

Novel Combination View (c.1884) (Klauber View)
 
1211.anthony.novelette.var0.5-4x5-a&f-800h.jpg Novelette Variation 0.5 (c.1886 - c.1897)
 
tnannovt.jpg (1821 bytes) Novelette Variation 1.0 Round Front (c.1886 - c.1897)
 
890.anthony-novelette.var.1-10x12a-w.holder&case-800h.jpg Novelette Variation 1.0 Square Front (c.1886 -c.1897)
 
tnannove.jpg (1649 bytes) Novelette Variation 2.0 (Solid Bed) (c.1880s)
 
375.anthony-duplex.novelette-5x8f-left.side.8x10.just.substituted.for5x8.vertical.format-800h.jpg Novelette Duplex (1885 - c.1898)
 
tnannovf.jpg (1887 bytes) Novelette Front Focus (1889 - c.1897)
 
tnannovtlongcat.jpg (4500 bytes) Novelette Long Bellows (1885 - c.1901)
 
645.anthony-npa.brass.guides-2-5x8a-w.case-800h.jpg N.P.A. (Brass Guides) (c.1885)
 
092.anthony-npa,ona-5x8a-w.holder&case-800h.jpg N.P.A. Variation 1A (c.1887 - c.1891)
 
tnanthona.jpg (8520 bytes) N.P.A. Variation 1B (c.1891)
 
tnanthonynpa8x10c013.jpg (16997 bytes) N.P.A. Variation 2 (c.1891 - c.1898)
 
Schultze Mfg. Co., Anthony N.P.A. Variation 2-Type Camera (c.1891 - c.1892)
 
tnannmid.jpg (1742 bytes)tnannmid.jpg (1742 bytes) N.P.A. Variation 3 (c.1898 - c.1900)
 
1254.anthony.npa.var.4-5x7-a-w.case&accessories-800h.jpg N.P.A. Variation 4 (c.1900 - c.1906)
 
 
Numbered Camera Boxes (1-16) (c.1887)
 
 
O.N.A. Equipment = N.P.A. Camera (see variations above) + single achromatic lens
 
tnanthonyphantom6x8c144.jpg (21477 bytes)tnanthonyphantom6x8c144.jpg (21477 bytes) Phantom (1888 - 1895)
 
tnblunk2.jpg (1720 bytes)tnblunk2.jpg (1720 bytes) Reversible Back Camera (c.1889)
 
 
Stereoscopic Camera Boxes (#33-37) (Wet Plate) (c. 1870s)
 
tnankinearcat.jpg (4703 bytes) Success Compact View Variation 1, Kinear Style (Wet Plate) (c.1872)
 
188.anthony-success.compact.var.2-10x10a-400v.jpg188.anthony-success.compact.var.2-10x10f-gg.off-400v.jpg Success Compact View Variation 2 (Wet Plate) (c.1873 - c.1882)
 
207anthony-successcompact-8x8a-w.holder-400v.jpg207anthony-successcompact-8x8f-back.off-400v.jpg Success Compact View Variation 3 (Wet Plate) (c.1880)
 
tnansterearcat.jpg (3491 bytes) Success Stereoscopic Boxes (X-Z) Variation 1 (Wet Plate) (c.1872 - c.1880)
 
1248.Counterfeit.Anthony-Blair.View.Camera-8x10-a&f-800h.jpg Unknown 15 - Counterfeit Anthony-Blair-Scovill Combination - (c.1890)
094.anthony-victor.var.1.brass-retake-6x8a-w.holder&case-800h.jpg Victor View Variation 1 (1889 - c.1897)
 
tnanthonyvictor5x8b028.jpg (15573 bytes) Victor View Variation 2 (c.1897)
 
tnanthonyviewportrait8x10a305.jpg (16526 bytes) View and Portrait Boxes (20-27) (Wet Plate) (c. 1872-c.1884); Compact Climax View/Climax View (c.1884 - c.1897)
 
tnanthonycompactsuccess8x10a091202188.jpg (16287 bytes)tnanthonycompactsuccess8x10a091202188.jpg (16287 bytes) View Camera Boxes (P-W) (Wet Plate) (c.1872); continued as Success Compact View (c.1873)
 
1326.anthony-vincent-5x8-a-w.case-800h.jpg Vincent (c.1891 - c.1895)

 

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