G. Gennert, Rochester, New York, NY
Montauk View Camera, New
Improved
(Resale of Seneca Cam. Mfg. Co. Seneca View Improved)
1908 Catalog,
p. 9
Seneca
View Camera Improved
Date Introduced: 1908 ;
Years Manufactured: 1908-c. 1921
Construction: front and rear focus
via rack and pinion; (two gear tracks on top
of base rails); double swing;
Materials: ebonized (black painted)
mahogany body; ebonized cherry base; nickeled brass hardware;
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10;
11x14
Notes: This model is
not present in Gennert Catalog #57 (1906-7);
thus the range of dates. It is identical to the
Seneca
View Camera, Improved (ebonized version).
Starting about 1903, Gennert re-sold the Seneca Improved View and
the Seneca Competitor (as the New York View). About
1908, they also re-sold the Gundlach Wizard View, Variation 2.
It is not known whether such cameras bear a Gennert label.
References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 58, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1908, p.9
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 59, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1909,
p. 25
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 62, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1911-1912
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 65, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1914-1915
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 70, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1919, p. 26
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
No. 72, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1919,
p. 24
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
No. 74, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1921, p. 22
