Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
Rochester Optical
& Camera Co., Rochester, NY

 

Rochester View Variation 2

 

6 ½ x 8 ½
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Another 6 ½ x 8 ½, Serial No. 1400.
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Bottom
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Top
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Label, lower front standard.
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Stamp, Serial No. 1400 - matching inside edges of the main and front platforms.
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1900-1901
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; three-piece lens board; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black fabric bellows; brass hardware;
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10; 11x14; 14x17
Notes: Rochester View, Variation 1 has a top-mounted, spring-loaded lens board retaining clip, and  ground glass springs that point the same way.  Variation 2 retains the short front extension to the base, but now the rear standard as well as the front focuses by rack and pinion, there are two, bottom-mounted lens board retainers, and the ground glass springs face opposite directions.

References:
Photography has Made the Sun an Artist, Andrew J. Lloyd (Boston, MA) catalog, 1899, p.74

 

 

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