James W. Queen Peck & Co.
Philadelphia, PA
The Queen Camera
This camera is extremely close in design and appearance to the Scovill Mfg. Co. Albion (so close that I put its reference under Albion until I noticed that the Queen reference was one year before the Albion appeared in Scovill catalogs).
Queen &
Co. Photographic Material, James W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA),
p.83
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.
1886 - c.1889
Construction: telescoping bed focus
via rack and pinion (gear tracks hidden); single front and
probably single
back swing but could be double; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany bed;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 6½x8½
Notes: This
English-style field camera looks superficially identical to the Scovill
Mfg. Co.
Albion
- even the canvas case looks the same - identical enough that the
reference below sat the the Albion page for over three years, until I
noticed that the
1887 Scovill catalog lacks the Albion, and it doesn't make sense
that Queen & Co., even if re-selling a Scovill product, would bring it
out before Scovill. But there are some differences, e.g., the
sheet metal
connecting the front standard to the platform, and the use of
English-style plate holder and a hinged ground glass frame instead of
Anthony holders that slide under a spring-loaded ground glass frame.
References:
Back to Miscellaneous Camera Companies
Queen & Co. Catalog P Photographic Material,
J. W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1886, pp.
80-85
Photographic Materials 1889, James
W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1889, pp. 76-81
