Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Korona Panoramic View Camera
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, p. 18
5 x 12
Date Introduced: 1913-1914 ; Years
Manufactured: c. 1914-1930's
Construction: front and rear
focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
double swing; non-reversing; three-piece lensboard;
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body, cherry base, black
leatherette bellows ; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x12; 7x17; 8x20
Notes: The fitted canvas case
holds as many as three plate or film holders vertically, and there is a built-in
shelf to set the camera on so that it is more reachable that if it was all the
way at the bottom of the case. Not offered as late as 1912,
so introduced 1913-1914. The camera above is the cute little 5x12" version
from the Ralph Naylor collection.
References:
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1914
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1915,
pp. 26-28
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
Jan. 1, 1918,
p. 22-24
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1919-1920, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 36
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, pp. 18-20
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog #22,
c. 1922, pp. 44-46
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.33
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, pp.
42-45
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 61
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 74
Catalog of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Catalog No.
121,
Chicago Photo Supply House (Chicago, IL), c. 1926, p. 2
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog,
Z. T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas
City, MO, c. 1927, p. 58
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Supplies,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 26 (As The Rexo
Panoramic View Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p.
30
Cameras - Lenses - Equipment, Catalog No. 32,
Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation (Rochester, NY), c.
1932, p.
35
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33,
Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 44
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