Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera, Penny Picture Outfit
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog
N, c. 1914, pp. 38-39
8 x 10
Date Introduced: 1909 ; Years
Manufactured: 1909-c.1921
Construction: back focus via
rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing by
removable back; shifting front
standard
Materials: mahogany-finished wood (but not mahogany),
lacquered polished brass hardware, leatherette bellows,
lacquer finish
Sizes Offered: 8x10
Notes: Earlier Seneca catalogs had the
Competitor View Camera (the 8x10 version of which is the basis for the Penny
Picture Outfit), but did not mention Penny Picture by name, or offer the special
multiple back, etc. The camera came with shifting front or without.
Canvas case.
References:
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
(Rochester, NY) 1909, p.
35
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
(Rochester, NY), Catalog J, 1910, pp.
37-38
Cameras and Supplies,
J. L.
Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog No. 12, c. 1910, p 16 (as the National Penny
Picture Outfit)
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog K, 1911, pp.
41-42
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, p.
43
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
M, 1913, p. 42
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
N, c. 1914, p. 38
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog P, c.
1916, p. 37
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
Q, c.
1917, p. 35
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918,
p. 35
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories,
1919-1920, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 33
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.32
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