E. & H.T. Anthony

Victor, Variation 1

E. & H.T. Anthony catalog, 1895, p.12

5x8

6½x8½

Date Introduced: 1889 ; Years Manufactured: 1889-c. 1897
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts
Materials: mahogany or Circassian walnut body; mahogany or walnut base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10
Notes: could be had as just camera, or equipment: camera & canvas case & lens & tripod.  Variation 1, above, has brass hardware and a bulky spring back.  Variation 2 has nickeled hardware and a lower profile spring back.  Both the 5x8 and 6½x8½ examples above are contained in rather tight-fitting cases, which have hardly room for one plate-holder beside the camera.

References:
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
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. 5-6 (equipment); 8-9(camera)
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. 14
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. 83
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), September, 1894, pp. 9-10 (equipment); pp. 12-13 (camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1895, pp. 9-10 (equipment); pp. 12-13 (camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, pp. 9-10 (equipment); pp. 12-13 (camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896, pp. 9-10 (equipment); pp. 12-13 (camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials, Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) undated, c. 1897, p. 43

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