Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Korona View Camera, Variation 2
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical
Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, p. 12
4 x 5
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c. 1909-1930's
Construction: front and 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, cherry base, black
leatherette bellows (leather optional); nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 5x7; 6½x8½;8x10; 7x11; 11x14 (3½x5½
back available)
Notes: same basic design as the Eastman
View #1, Eastman View #2, and Eastman
#2d - that is, front and back focus with front track folding and back track removable
for short focus lenses.
References:
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
June 1, 1909, no page number (would
be 22-23)
Cameras and Photo Supplies, Catalog H, Northern Photo Supply Co. (Fargo, ND), c.
1910, p. 26
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1911
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, July 1 1912, pp. 23-24
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1914
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1915,
pp. 19-20
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
Jan. 1, 1918,
pp. 15-16
A Thousand and One Camera Bargains, Catalog 1919-20,
Bass Camera Co., 1919,
stapled insert
Korona Cameras,
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, pp. 12-13
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.28
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog #22,
c. 1922, pp. 37-39
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, pp. 38-39
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 56
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 66
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog,
Z.T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas
City, MO, c. 1927, p. 63 (as the Brigg's Big Value
Complete View Outfit)
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Supplies,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 26 (As The Rexo View
Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 33
Cameras - Lenses - Equipment, Catalog No. 32,
Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation (Rochester, NY), c.
1932, p.
28-29
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33,
Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1932, p. 40
Catalog, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), c. 1935, p. 18
Central's Photographic Almanac for 1936,
Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1936, p. 19
Bargain Catalog No. 75, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), c. 1934, p. 19
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