Scovill Mfg. Co., Waterbury, CT & New Haven, CT
American Scholar's Equipment, ABC Photographic Outfit
Date Introduced:
c.1887 ; Years Manufactured:
c.1888-1894 The Scholar is a
very inexpensive camera; came with chemicals, pans, printing frame,
paper, plates - everything needed to take and print pictures; as the
name implies, it was a student camera; was a rigid tapered box instead
of a bellows camera. In the 1888 Scovill-Codman
catalog and in the 1891 Scovill-Horgan, Robey catalog, the ABC Outfit
was advertised on a facing page to the American Scholar;
both had engravings showing the same camera - apparently the No. 1
ABC was the No. 2 Scholar (3 ½x4 ½) with slightly different
accessories. Introduced: not in the
April 1887 catalog, but in the
Sep. 1888 catalog. The engraving appears to
show a bottom block of wood on top of which is a bag bellows held in its
extended state by a pair of wire frames on either side. The back
appears to be painted black and is removable. Rather than a case
with a handle, the entire outfit is shown with a shipping box.
References:
Back to American Optical
Co. / Scovill Mfg. Co. (alphabetical)
Construction: no swing; non-reversing; no
lens board;
Materials: rigid body; no bed;
bag bellows?; brass
hardware
Sizes Offered: #1=4 ½x5 ½; #2=3 ½x4 ½
Notes:
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY),
undated but about January 1888, p. 29
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY),
May 1888, pp. 16-17
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co., distributed by John Wanamaker
(Philadelphia, PA), June 1888,
pp. 16-17
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), distributed by C.H.
Codman & Co. (Boston, MA), September
1888, pp.
16-17
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), distributed by Buchanan,
Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1889
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams Co.
(New York, NY), January 1889, p. 13
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The
Scovill & Adams Co.
(New York, NY), 1890, p. 19
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Oscar Foss (San Francisco, CA), June
1890, p. 18
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), January
1891, p. 18
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Sargent & Co. (Cleveland, OH), April
1891, p. 3
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA),
June 1891, pp. 2-3
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), January 1892, p. 2
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), abt. June 1892, p. 2
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1893, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY) ads
p. 147
The American Annual of Photography and
Photographic Times Almanac for 1894, The
Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1893, p. 91
How to Make Photographs and a Descriptive
Catalogue of Photographic Materials Illustrated,
The Scovill & Adams Co.
(New York, NY), 1896, p.
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