E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Phantom View Camera
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1891, p. 19
Date Introduced:
January
1888-July 1888 ;
Years Manufactured:
1888-1889 to Dec1895 This elegant
design is essentially an English compact style but with Anthony's
peculiar rotating bellows. The design appears
to have a tendency to loosen up over the years, and it suffers the fate
of most compact styles, in that the lens must be removed before
collapsing, so often goes missing.
References:
6½ x8 ½"
Folded, without lens
Construction: front
focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); single swing;
reversing by rotating bellows and back; plywood lens board
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½;
8x10
Notes:
Not in the January 1888 Anthony catalog
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin,
Vol. I, 1888,
W. J. Harrison and A. H. Elliot, eds., E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New
York, NY),
July 1888, ads p. 72
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic
Equipments & Materials, E. &
H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1889, pp. 80-82
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin,
Vol. II, 1889,
W. J. Harrison and A. H. Elliot, eds., E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New
York, NY),
ads p. 53
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1890, pp.17-19
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, pp. 19-20
How to Make Photographs. A Manual for
Amateurs, C. T. Roche and H.T. Anthony, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New
York, NY), 1892, p. 32
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, pp.46-47
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, pp. 23-24
The International Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1895,E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p.
99
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1895, pp. 23-24
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, pp.
23-24
Not in the
August 1896 Anthony catalog
