E. & H.T. Anthony
Eureka School Outfit
Perry Mason Co. Companion Camera
Anthony Catalog August 1895, p. 6
Youth's Companion 1892, p. 566
4x5
Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured:
c1889-1901
Construction: rear focus
via push-pull; no swing; non-reversing; no (fixed) lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; solid & non-folding cherry
base; red paper bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5
Notes: may be completely unmarked, or may be marked GOC
(Greenpoint Optical Co., Long Island, NY, owned by Anthony). The outfit includes
camera, plateholder, chemicals, trays, & darkcloth in a wooden case. Is also
known as the Companion Camera No 1 sold or given away as a premium in connection with
the Youth's Companion magazine and the Perry Mason Co., Boston (Harvard Camera).
References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1891, p. 1
Youth's Companion Premium Catalog, 1892, p. 566 (4x5
camera as Companion No. 1; Companion No. 2 was a 4¼x6¼ Anthony Victor;
Companion No. 3 was a 5x8 Anthony Victor)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
September, 1894,
p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August 1895, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896,
p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials, Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
undated, c. 1897, p. 49
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February 1898, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1899, p. 27
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, The Anthony & Scovill Co. (New York, NY), June, 1901,
p. 28
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