Conley Camera Co., Rochester, MN

No. 1 Conley View Camera
Model BS Conley View Camera
Queen City View Camera, No. 38
Seroco View, Variation 2

Sears Catalog 118, c. 1908, p. 262

5 x 7 Conley No. 1




 

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1908 - c. 1912
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails with diagonally cut gears); double swing; reversing by removable back;
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black keratol (leatherette) or maroon leather bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6½x8½; 8x10
Notes: The Conley Camera Co. was active c. 1900-1920s, and made cameras for Sears, Roebuck & Co. as well as under its own label.  Note that it was located in the Minnesota Rochester.  Basically the same camera as the Model B. W., but with different hardware.  See Seroco View, Variation 1, the earlier Seroco View model.

References:
Cameras, Silent Shutters and Photographic Accessories, Catalog No. 5, Conley Camera Co. (Rochester, MN), c. 1904, pp. 24-25 (As Queen City View Camera, No. 38)
Cameras & Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159L 3rd Edition, c. 1908, pp. 262-263 (as No. 1 Conley View Camera)
Cameras, Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159R 1st Edition, 1909, p. 40-41 (as Model B.S. Conley View Camera)
Cameras, Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159T 2nd Edition, 1910, p. 40-41 (as Model B.S. Conley View Camera)
 

8x10 Seroco View, Variation 2

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