Montgomery Wards & Co., Chicago, IL
The Chicago View
Stereoscopic Camera
Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog, c. 1905,
p. 33
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c. 1905
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: mahogany body, cherry base, brass hardware,
black fabric and rubber bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x8 only
Notes: From the distinctive
inset plumb bob, this camera would appear to be identical to the
Imperial View. The 5x8
stereo version has a wide, stereo-sized lensboard that
the 6½x8½ Imperial View does not.
References:
Special Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL),
c. 1905, p. 33
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