Blair Camera Co.
Tremont Outfit
5 x 7
5 x 7
(from the Harry Gross collection, sold by Jay Teppar, 1980)
Stamps, assembly no. "3", on the
bottom of both parts of the platform/bed
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1892-1893
Construction: rear
focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing
by removable back; three piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body; cherry plywood
base; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: at least
5x7
Notes: The
Blair Camera Co. was located at
471 Tremont St., Boston Massachusetts,
hence the name of this model.
It sports a B.O. & Co. lens.
The folding base is made rigid
by a sliding metal plate. The back is held in
by two large springs, unique amongst even Blair models. The
plate-holder for the Tremont is square, with the extra space
taken up by large, weight-reducing oval depressions (see upper example).
The inside of the ground glass back has identical depressions (see lower
example).
References:
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Section A, Blair Camera Co.
(Boston, MA), 1893, p.
50 (as a discontinued model)
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