Folmer & Schwing Division
Eastman Kodak Co.
Rochester, NY
F. & S. Home Portrait Outfit No. 2
Number 30 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic
Outfits, Lenses and Supplies,
Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1915,
p. 45
Folmer and Schwing Div., E.K.C. Home
Portrait Camera No. 2
8x10"
Serial No. 41013
The camera is missing the long (~12"), middle section of its wooden
platform, but can still function because of the metal part of the
platform.
Bottom (Left) and
Top (Right)
The platform (best seen from the bottom) is made of cast aluminum (white
metal) and sheet nickel-plated brass (silver-colored metal on the sides
of the aluminum)
Label, Metal, on Upper Front Standard
Serial No. 41013, on Top of Rear
Standard Base
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured:
c.1915 - c.1920 References:
Construction: front and
rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear
tracks on top of base rails); reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; nickel-plated brass
hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10 only
Notes: It is essentially a studio
camera of the era which happens to have a folding base.
Similar to the
F&S Home
Portrait No. 1 of the same era, except this camera has nickeled
hardware, front focus as well as rear focus, and an aluminum and nickel
metal platform surround that adds strength to the usual wooden platform.
When said wooden platform is missing its long middle section (as it is
in the example above), the metal frame can substitute and keep the
camera functional.
As an outfit, it came with all sorts of apparatus for
taking portraits, e.g., a backdrop, reflector, tripod, everything
fitting in two cases.
Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. Catalogue No. 5, Milwaukee Photo
Materials Co. (Milwaukee, WI), undated c.1907, p.45
Number 30 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic
Outfits, Lenses and Supplies,
Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1915,
p. 45
Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
11th Ed., Hirsch & Kaiser (San Francisco,
CA), c. 1917,
p. 9
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1917, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 24-25
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1920, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 24-25
Catalogue No. 21 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories
1923-1924,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), dated 1923-1924, p.51
