E. & H.T. Anthony

Bicycle Equipment

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1885-1895
Construction: rear focus; no swing; non reversing;
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base track; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 3¼x4¼
Notes: The front standard of this model appears to be metal, similar to the novel/novelette, but no mention is made of a novel-style revolving bellows, so the format is probably fixed as horizontal.  Otherwise, it looks like the Bijou, but the Bicycle and the Bijou were advertised in the same catalog, so they may not be exactly identical.  What is certain is that it was marketed to persons taking up the hobby of bicycling, which was extremely popular at this time, and that the high-wheeled bicycle would be used as the tripod.

References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),  September 1885, p. 13
Catalog P, Photographic Material, J. W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1886, pp. 76-77 (As the Light Roadster Photographic Outfit, Queen designation P-480)
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August 1887, p. 11
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1888, p. 11
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1889, pp. 11
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1891, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), September, 1894, p. 10
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1895, p. 10
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1895, p. 10
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p. 10

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