Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY

Camera City View Camera, Variation 1

Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog J, 1910, pp. 29-33

 

Date Introduced: 1907 ; Years Manufactured: 1907-1913
Construction: back and front focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; 
Materials: cherry base, black fabric bellows; lacquer finish
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6½x8½; 8x10; 11x14; 14x17; 17x20
Notes: One of the interesting and puzzling features of all Camera City View Cameras is their extremely short hinged front base, followed by a fairly short detachable front extension.  Most cameras of this era had just one hinged, full-length (that is just long enough to reach the top of the camera when folded) front base.  The camera came with a canvas case holding the  camera and six holders.  The two largest Camera City cameras were constructed of quarter-sawn oak.

References:
Not in the 1906 Seneca Catalog
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), 1907, pp. 22-23
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), 1908, pp. 28-32
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), 1909, pp. 28-32
Photographic Supplies and Cameras 1909-1910, Sunset Photo Supply Co. (San Francisco, CA), 1909, pp. 34-35
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), Catalog J, 1910, pp. 29-33
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), Catalog K, 1911, pp. 33-37
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, pp. 35-39
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog M, 1913, pp. 35-38
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1919-1920, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 32
1914 catalog shows Variation 2

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