Schultze Photo Equipment Co., New York, NY

Improved Champion View Camera

Schultze Photo Equipment Co., c. 1890, p. 4

4.25 x 6.5

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1890-1892
Construction: back focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by means of a second tripod mount; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 1=4x5, 4¼x6½, 5x8, 6½x8½, 8x10, 10x12
Notes: This New York City company advertised Scovill cameras in its catalogs, but also produced (or had made for it) this tailboard camera.  While similar to the Waterbury and other simple tailboard cameras of the era, it is unique in detail: The ground glass hinges upwards rather than downwards, and the plateholder has two kerf cuts lengthwise, which slide over splines attached to the camera back. A Schultze label identical to the one above has also been found on an E. & H.T. Anthony Champion.  From the catalogs below are the following outfits, including camera, lens, tripod, case, paper, trays, mounts, etc.:
     No. 1 = two carte de visite (2⅛x3½) photos on one 4x5 plate
     No. 2 = 4x5 for 4x5 photos
     No. 3 = 4¼x6½ for cabinet (4¼x6½)  and carte de visite photos
     No. 4 = 5x8 for 5x8 or two 4x5 photos
     No. 5 = 5x8 for 5x8, 4x5, and 5x8 stereoscopic photos (including two matched lenses)
     No. 6 = 6½x8½ for 6½x8½, 5x8, 4x5, cabinet and carte de visite photos
     No. 7 = same as No. 6 but including a Cone Extension for copying and enlarging
     No. 8 = 8x10 for 8x10, 6½x8½, 5x8, 4x5, cabinet and carte de visite photos

Note that No. 7 includes a Cone Extension, probably similar to the Blair Patent Extension.

References:
Amateur Photographic Equipments, Schultze Photo Equipment Co. (New York, NY), c. 1890, p. 19-34
Amateur Photographic Equipments, Schultze Photo Equipment Co. (New York, NY), 1892, p. 19-34

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