E. & H.T. Anthony
Fairy Camera
Anthony Catalog January 1895, p. 21
8x10
Date Introduced: 1884 ; Years
Manufactured: 1884-1898
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion (single gear track between base rails); single or
double swing; reversing by rotating bellows & back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows;
nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 4¼x6½; 5x8 w/o stereo; 5x8 stereo; 6½x8½;
8x10
Notes: This model is essentially a
Novelette with rack and pinion focusing instead of the normal push-pull.
According to the catalogs, it was to come with a leather case for camera, and
another for five plate-holders, although the illustrated camera obviously has an
original Anthony-style wooden case
which holds the camera and one plateholder.
The rounded variation of the front standard
(as above) could accommodate stereo
lenses. The non-stereo version of the front standard is not as wide and
is also square.
References:
E.&H.T. Anthony Photographic Bulletin #15, July 1884, pp. 338-9 introduction &
sizes
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), May 1885,
back cover (camera is pictured on the back cover, but is not
mentioned inside, so no description, prices, etc.)
Catalog P, Photographic Material, J. W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1886, p.
55
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), August 1887, pp. 16-18
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials, E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), January 1888, pp. 16-18
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic Equipments & Materials,
E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), January 1889, pp.
16-18
The International Annual Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Vol. III, 1890-1891,
W. J. Harrison and A. H. Elliot, eds., E. & H. T. Anthony &
Co. (New York, NY), ads p.
101
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1891, pp. 17-18
Photographic Material,
Catalogue O & P, James W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA),
1891, p. 43 (as Fairy Novel)
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VI 1894,
edited by A.H. Elliott and F.P. Smith, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
1893, p. 71 (list of view and other cameras)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
September, 1894,
p. 21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1895, p. 21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896,
p. 21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials, Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
undated, c. 1897, pp. 45-46
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p. 14-15
not in 1899 or 1900 catalogs
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