Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
The Standard Camera
Rochester
Optical Co. Catalog, 1895, p. 14
4 x 5"
5 x 7"
5 x 8"
Another 5 x 8"
Bottom
Top
Celluloid Label,
lower front standard
Plate Holder
Plate Holder Stamp:
"Rochester / Optical Co."
Plate Holder Stamp:
"Pat. July 29, 1890"
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1890-1899
Construction: back focus
via push-pull; single or double swing; three-piece lens board;
reversing by removable back; no gears
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black
fabric bellows; brass hardware varnish finish
Sizes Offered: 3 ½x4 ½; 4x5; 4 ½x6 ½;
5x7; 5x8; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10
Notes: This is a rather
compact and serviceable back focus model.
References:
Back to Rochester Optical Group of Manufacturers
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
June 1890, p. 6
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1891, p. 6
1892 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1892, p.
6
1893 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1893, p. 10
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1893, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY),
ads p. 104
1894 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1894, p. 10
1895 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1895, p. 14
1896 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1896, p. 14
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), May 1897, p. 14
Hand Cameras, Kodaks and Supplies,
Robert Dempster (Omaha, NE), 1897, p. 41
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies,
etc. 2nd ed.; Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston, MA), 1897,
p. 46
Department 5, Photographic Supplies, Lenses, etc., Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston, MA), undated c.1898, p.49
Illustrated Price List of Photographic Goods,
George Murphy (New York, NY), April 1898, p. 20
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA),
1898, p. 12
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1899, p. 14
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18,
L.M. Prince & Bros. (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1899, p. 33
Photography
has Made the Sun an Artist,
Andrew J. Lloyd (Boston, MA) catalog, 1899, p.79
