Blair Tourograph &Dry Plate Co., Blair Camera Co.

Blair-Foss catalog, 1890, p. 15

5 x 7

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1884-1894
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (single gear track on middle base rail); no swing; reverse by two tripod mounts; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: #1560=3¼x4¼; #1561=4¼x5½ (photo below); #1561A=5x7 (photos above); #1562=5x8 (photo below); #1563=6½x8½
Notes: #'s1560-1563 includes camera holder, lens, canvas case, tripod; #1564 A-E=same sizes but camera only. Called The Compact Camera in the 1884 catalog.
References:
Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co. Catalog, 1884, un-numbered page between pages 14 and 15 (as The Compact Camera)
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Section A, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA), distributed by Oscar Foss (San Francisco, CA), 1890, pp. 15-16
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin XXV No. 5, May 1 1894, p. xi

4 x 5

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