Rochester Optical Co.
Carlton Camera
Rochester Optical
Co. Catalog, 1895, p. 2
6½ x 8½
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c.1893-1904
discontinued 1905
Construction: telescoping bed front focus
via internal rack and pinion; double swing;
three-piece lensboard; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base; maroon leather
bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10; 10x12;
11x14
Notes: This model is an English style compact;
it came with canvas case. The
above camera is 6½x8½; its lens has both original lens caps and a velvet pouch for
storage, since the lens cannot remain on the camera when it is folded. The 8x10
version is below.
References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester
Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1893, p. 2-3
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester
Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1894, p. 2-3
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester
Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1895, p. 2-3
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester
Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1896, p. 2-3
Catalogue "G" 1896 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1896, p. 18
Catalogue "G" 1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1897, p. 18
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies, etc. 2nd
ed.; Andrew J. Lloyd & Co.
(Boston, MA), 1897, p. 43
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), June
1898, pp. 2-3
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1899, pp. 4-5
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18,
L.M. Prince & Bros.
(Cincinnati, OH), c. 1899, p. 32
Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical & Camera Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1901, pp. 4-5
Photographic Encyclopedia, Andrew J. Lloyd & Co. (Boston, MA),
1901, p. 104
Kodaks, Cameras, Photographic Supplies May 1901 to May 1902,
N. Watry & Co. (Chicago, IL),
1901, p. 29
Premo Cameras,
Rochester Optical Co.
succeeded by Rochester Optical & Camera Co. (Rochester,
NY), 1902, p. 41
Premo Cameras,
Rochester Optical Co. succeeded by
Rochester Optical & Camera Co. (Rochester, NY), 1903, p.
28
Catalogue Photographic, Chicago Photo Materials Co.
(Chicago, IL), 1903, p.
25
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1904, p. 34
8x10
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