Blair Camera Co.
Field View Cameras
Anthon
Reversible Back Camera, Improved Variation 1
Date Introduced: c.
1890 ; Years Manufactured: c. 1895
Construction: front focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
single swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6.5x8.5
(illustrated); 8x10
Notes: This camera is identical to the
Boston Camera Company "Boston
Reversible Back Camera", except that it has a Blair label and the
typical Blair lever for removing the back. The
catalog below refers to it by model name. The Boston Camera
Co. was bought out by the Blair Camera Co. in 1890.
References:
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Blair Camera Co. 1895 (Boston,
MA), pp. 3-5 (one engraving is of Variation 1 and another is of
Variation 2).
ad reprint in "Anthony, The Man, The Company, The Cameras", p. 276
