Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester, New York, NY

 

Manhattan Tripod Camera

 

  

Photographic Lenses, Cameras and Supplies, Manhattan Optical Co. (Cresskill, N.J.), April  1896, p. 181310.manhattan.optical-1896-p16-tripod.cam-1500.jpg

 

 

 

 

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1896
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body, cherry base, black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10
Notes: Similar to but not identical to the contemporaneous Anthony Reversible Back Camera.

References:
Photographic Lenses, Cameras and Supplies, Manhattan Optical Co. (Cresskill, N.J.), April  1896, p. 16

 

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