Rochester Optical & Camera Co. (Rochester, NY)

 

Long Focus Premo Variation 3 - 1901-1904

 

The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera Co. 1902, p.31

6½ x 8½"
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Bottom
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Top
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Plate Holder - modern profile
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Notes: 

Long Focus Premo Variation 1 has a telescoping bed and focusing only at the front.

Long Focus Premo Variation 2 has a telescoping bed and focusing both at the front and back.

Long Focus Premo Variation 3 has an elaborate rear standard support.  This configuration was advertised for five years, and yet is seemingly the rarest of the Long Focus Premo variatations.  Perhaps it was designed and offered after the heyday of these large and expensive view cameras in a box.

References:
Illustrated Catalogue No. IIII of Professional and Amateur Photographer's Supplies, Wm. F. Uhlman (St. Joseph, MO), c.1901, p. 41
The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera Co. 1902, p.30-31
The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera Co. 1903, p.20-23
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co. 1904, p.30-31

 

 

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