Blair Camera Co.

Cincinnati Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 2

4x5

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1890
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single or double swing; reverse by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: at least=4x5
Notes: three section base; front section is removable. This variation differs from Cincinnati Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 1 by its solid rather than frame-style bed - perhaps merely a less labor-intensive way to produce a small base.  The lensboard rise-fall hardware is also different than Variation 1.
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