The Gundlach/Manhattan Companies

 

Field View Cameras

 

Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, 1900, back cover

Gundlach Optical Co. (c.1885-1902)
Milburn Korona Co. (1894-acquired by Gundlach in 1896)
Manhattan Optical Co., Cresskill, NY (?-1902)
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester, NY (1902 - c.1926)
Gundlach Manufacturing Corp. (c.1926)
Seebold Invisible Camera Co. (1928-?
bought Gundlach Mfg. Corp.)

The Gundlach Optical Co. made lenses only until they acquired the Milburn Korona Co. (which had a line of view cameras) in 1896. Gundlach continued to manufacture lenses (such as the Turner-Reich Convertible Anastigmat) and cameras. They merged with the Manhattan Optical Co. which brought in a line of mainly leather-covered red bellows cameras. The company was re-named by John E. Seebold in 1928.

Scans of number of catalogs can be found here.  Scans of Gundlach and Manhattan catalogs are here.

 


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Criterion View (c. 1909-1925+)
 
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Gundlach Universal View and Portrait Camera (c. 1901)
 
tnkorbancat.jpg (6562 bytes)1228.Gundlach-Manhattan-Korona.Banquet.View-12x20-a.camera.only-400v.jpg Korona Banquet Camera (c. 1914-1930's)
 
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Korona Commercial View (c. 1932)
 
tngundcomcat.jpg (3619 bytes)1201.gundlach-manhattan.korona.compact-6x8-a-400v.jpg Korona Compact View (1900-c. 1906)
 
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Korona Panoramic View Camera (c. 1914-1930's)
 
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386.gundlach.opt.co.-korona.view.early-6x8a-cam.only-406v.jpg Korona View Camera Variation 1 (c. 1900-1903)
 
tnkorviewcat.jpg (5195 bytes) Korona View Camera Variation 2 (c. 1909-1930's)
 
Korona Wide Angle Camera (c. 1925-1931)
 
tnmantricat.jpg (4021 bytes) Manhattan Tripod Camera (c. 1896)
 
Wizard View Variation 1 (c. 1899-1900)
 
Wizard View Variation 2 (c. 1899-1900)
 
Wizard View Variation 3 (c. 1903-1909)
 
Wizard View Variation 4 (c. 1909)
 

 

 


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