Scovill Mfg. Co.
Petite Camera
Scovill Dry Plate Making for Amateurs
Catalog, 1886, p. 22
3¼
x 4¼
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c.1886-1894
Construction: back focus via
push-pull; single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts;
Materials: mahogany body; folding cherry base; black fabric
bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 3¼x4¼
Notes: The Petite has a fine fit
and finish like cameras from the American Optical factory. The engraving nearly
matches the illustrated camera, even down to the projecting tripod mount on the
side, but the engraving has an L-shaped hardware on the front instead of wrapping around the
side like the camera. The references state that it had a folding bed; Scovill
also state that the #2 1888 Instantaneous Outfit was a
Petite Camera, with shutter
and case.
References:
Scovill's
Photo. Series No. 20, Dry Plate Making for Amateurs,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), 1886, p.
a23
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), distributed by C.H. Codman & Co.
(Boston, MA), April 1887, p. 47
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), distributed by
C.H. Codman & Co. (Boston, MA), September 1888, p.
41
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1888
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams Co.
(New York, NY), January 1889, p. 39
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1889
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, The Scovill
& Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co.
(Boston, MA), June 1891, p. 14
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, The Scovill and Adams
Co. (New York, NY), January 1892, p.
14
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1893,
The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1892, ads p. 86
The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times
Almanac for 1894, The
Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1893, p. 125
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