Blair Camera Co.
Cincinnati Reversible Back Camera
6½ x
8½"
Label, metal, top of front
standard
Serial number, bottom of
front section
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1887
Construction: front focus
via rack and pinion (one gear tracks on the middle base rail);
single swing; reverse by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base;
black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: at least
6½x8½
Notes: This camera is thought to be a 1887-1888
version of the
Cincinnati Reversible Back. It features a slide-in front
base (held be the minimal friction of two brass springs). The
extra long case is necessary to accommodate a place to store this front
base.
References:
Photographic Lenses and How to Select Them, James W. Queen & Co.
(Philadelphia, PA), 1887, back cover
