Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY

Seneca View Camera

Cash Buyer's Union (Chicago, IL), Catalogue 11M 1903, p. 4

6½ x 8½
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1901-1905
Construction: front and back focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; 
Materials:  mahogany body, cherry base, red leather bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6½x8½; 8x10, 11x14 (1905)
Notes: The differences between the Seneca View and the Improved Seneca View are delineated on the Improved page. 
     The photographed camera has a celluloid label marked Seneca View.

References:
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1903
Cameras and Camera Supplies, Cash Buyer's Union (Chicago, IL), Catalogue 11M 1903, p. 4
Seneca Cameras, 1905, Fort Dearborn Watch & Clock Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 5
Montgomery Wards Catalog, 1905

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