Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Korona Home Portrait Camera
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, p. 17
5 x 7
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c. 1918-1930's
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion
(two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by
removable back; three-piece lensboard;
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body and base, black
leatherette bellows (leather optional); nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7 (illustrated); 6½x8½; 8x10
Notes: canvas case. Not offered as late as 1914.
In the 1915 catalog page
22, the Criterion View was featured as the
camera for home portraiture. By 1918, this specialized Home Portrait
Camera had replaced it in for home portraiture.
References:
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
Jan. 1, 1918,
pp. 20-21
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1919-1920, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 37
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, pp. 16-17
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog #22,
c. 1922, pp. 42-43
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.34
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, p.
40
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 62
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 73
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog,
Z. T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas
City, MO), c. 1927, p. 55 (as the Briggs Home Portrait
Outfit, 8x10; camera, Korona Folding Studio Stand, 8x10 Series II Velostigmat
lens in Betax, 8x10 and 5x7 backs and canvas case; deluxe outfit in dark finish,
and with sliding back)
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Supplies,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 26 (As The Rexo Home
Portrait Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p.
31
Cameras - Lenses - Equipment, Catalog No. 32,
Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation (Rochester, NY), c.
1932, p.
32
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33,
Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1932, p. 43
Catalog, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), c. 1935, p. 17
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