The E. & H.T. Anthony Companies
Field View Cameras
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:
255,566; Mar 2, 1882: plateholder with both horizontal and vertical slides
255,567; Mar 2, 1882: bellows that revolve at the front standard (Novel and Novelette)
267,821; Nov 11, 1882: plateholder
272,622: Feb 20, 1882: substantially the Fairy Camera
272,717; Feb 20, 1883: plateholder with hinged front
273,008; Feb 27, 1883: plateholder
Aug 26, 1884: essentially the zephyr plateholder (zepher plateholders 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 screw on rear standard for swing adjustment
379,964; Mar 27, 1888: spring back and bellows support for Long Focus Novelette
Scans of number of catalogs can be found here. Scans of Anthony catalogs are here.
Amateur Equipment or
Outfit (#'s 1-8B), Variation 1 (c. 1884-1885)
Amateur Equipment or
Outfit (#'s 1-8B), Variation 2 (c. 1886-1889)
Bicycle Equipment (c. 1885-1895)
Bijou (c. 1885-1897)
Champion (Equipment),
Variation 1 (c. 1887-1899)
Champion (Equipment),
Variation 2 (c. 1898-1899)
Champion
(Equipment), Variation 3 (c. 1900-1906)
Clifton (c. 1898-1906)
Clifton, Long
Focus (c. 1901-1904)
Compact Climax/Climax (c.
1884-1897)
Compact (Late Style) (c.
1891-1903)
Eureka
School Outfit/Perry Mason Co. Companiont
(c. 1889-1901)
Fairy
Novel (1884-1898)
Klauber/Comb.
Novel View and Portrait Camera (c. 1884)
Knickerbocker (c. 1892-1897)
Manhattan (1889-c. 1892, but
previously Amateur Outfits)
Micrographic Camera (c. 1898-c. 1903)
Model Stereo (c. 1884-1885)
Normandie, Variation 1 (1889-c.
1901)
Normandie,
Variation 2 (c. 1900-1903)
Novel,
Variation 1 (c. 1882)
Novel, Variation 2 (c.
1884-1897)
Novel, Variation 3 (c. 1888-1897)
Novel, Combination (c. 1884)
Novelette, Variation 1 (c.
1886-1897)
Novelette, Variation
2, Solid Bed (c. 1880s)
Novelette, Duplex (1885-1898)
Novelette, Front Focus
(1889-1897)
Novelette, Long Bellows (1885-c. 1901)
N.P.A., Type with Brass
Guides (c. 1885)
N.P.A., Variation 1 (c. 1887-1891)
N.P.A.,
Variation 2 (c. 1891-1898)
N.P.A., Variation 3 (c. 1898-1900)
N.P.A.,
Variation 4 (c. 1900-1901)
Numbered Camera Boxes (1-16)
(c. 1887)
O.N.A. Equipment = N.P.A. Camera (see above) + single achromatic lens
Phantom (1888-1895)
Reversible Back Camera (c.
1889)
Stereoscopic Camera Boxes (#33-37)
(c. 1870s)
Success Compact View, Variation 1, Kinear Style
(c. 1872)
Success Compact View,
Variation 2 (c. 1873-1882)
Success
Compact View, Variation 3 (c. 1880)
Success Stereoscopic Boxes (X-Z), Variation 1 (c.
1872)
Success Stereoscopic Boxes (X-Z), Variation 2 (c.
1873-1877)
Victor,
Variation 1 (1889-c. 1897)
Victor,
Variation 2 (c. 1897)
View and Portrait Boxes (20-27)
(c. 1872-1897, as Compact Climax/Climax)
View Camera Boxes (P-W) (c. 1872, continued as Success
Compact View c. 1873)
Vincent (c. 1891-1895)
