Schultze Photo Equipment Co., New York, NY

Early View Camera

6½ x 8½

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1885
Construction: back focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by means of a second tripod mount
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: at least 6½x8½
Notes: This New York City company advertised Scovill cameras in its catalogs, but also produced (or had made for it) cameras.  It is fortunate that it bears a Schultze label, since it is not found in extant catalogs.  The plateholder was meant to be inserted through the slot in the side of the camera.  It shares this unusual feature with the Eastman Dry Plate & Film Daylight Enlarging Camera and also Unknown No. 4.  Because of the expense in manufacturing a slot - construction which is much more involved than the flip back or even spring back of this era, this design is thought to pre-date the Schultze Champion, Improved, and, I suppose, therefore be a candidate to be the Champion.

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