Seneca Camera Mfg. Co., Rochester, NY
Camera City View Camera, Variation 3
8 x 10
Label: "Camera City View, Seneca
Camera Mfg. Co., Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A."
Date Introduced: ;
Years Manufactured: c.
1910 References:
Back to Seneca Camera Mfg. Co.
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; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10; 11x14;
14x17; 17x20
Notes: This camera is
similar to
Camera
City, Variation 1, in that it possesses the odd short front
extension on an even shorter hinged base, but there are significant
differences in the hardware. It may be that the engravings in the
catalogs did not keep up with a hardware change made during the tenure
of Variation 1.
