Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY

Camera City View Camera, Variation 3

8 x 10

Date Introduced:  ; Years Manufactured: c. 1910
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: 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. 

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