E. & H.T. Anthony
Normandie Camera, Variation 1
Anthony Catalog January 1895, p. 14
5x7
Date Introduced: 1889 ; Years
Manufactured: 1889- c.1901
Construction: front focus via
rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing
by removable back; plywood lensboard;
French polish finish; hinged front extension
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows;
brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10; 10x12; 11x14 (in 1891
also 14x17)
Notes: Variation 1 differs from
Variation
2 in a number of small details, the most obvious being that Variation 2 has nickeled
hardware, a lower profile spring back and leather bellows
The above camera has at one time had a 3¼" long label on its top which has
been replaced with an Anthony tag, yet the Anthony tag is correct.
Below is illustrated an outrageous 14x17 Normandie. According to
the catalogs, the Normandie of this vintage came with
an Anthony brass-bound canvas case, and, sure enough, there is the 14x17
brass-bound case.
References:
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic
Apparatus, E. &
H. T. Anthony & Co. (New
York, NY), 1889, p. 34
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), January 1891, p. 15-16
The International Annual Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol.
VI 1894,
edited by A.H. Elliott and F.P. Smith, E. & H. T.
Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), ads
p.
21 (engraving)
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. 19-20
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1895, p. 19-20
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896,
p. 18-19
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic
Bulletin Vol. X 1897,E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1896,
p. 56
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials, Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
undated, c. 1897, p. 44
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p. 12-13
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1899, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), April, 1900, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, The Anthony & Scovill Co. (New York, NY), June, 1901,
p. 26
14x17
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