E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 2.0
(spiked
ship's wheel focus knob, square non-stereo front)
5 x 8 in
Circassian walnut. The clip-on finder
on top is the
E. & H.T. Anthony
Universal Finder.
Top of rear standard, showing Anthony label and
the highly figured Circassian walnut
Date Introduced: 1884
as Variation 1.0 ; Years Manufactured:
c.1889 -
c.1898
Construction: rear
focus via rack and pinion (single gear track between
base rails); single or double swing; reversing by rotating
bellows & back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany or
walnut body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 4 ½x6 ½; 5x8 w/o stereo;
5x8 stereo; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10
Notes:
The E.&H.T. Anthony & Co. Fairy Novel View Camera is essentially an Anthony Novelette with rack and pinion focusing instead of the normal push-pull. Four variations are described below, based on the shape of the focus knob (and whether the camera has a wide lens board for stereo capability. The model was introduced in July 1884. The round-type focus knob was the earlier type, being advertised from c.1885 through c.1888. The spiked ship's wheel type knob was advertised from c.1886-c.1898. The variations 2.0 and 2.1 came in either mahogany or fancy and expensive Circassian walnut. The outfit came with two leather cases: one for the camera, and another to hold as many as five plate-holders.
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 1.0:
Thin and Round type focus knob-----non-stereo (square front)
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 1.1:
Thick (like a double thin type)and Round type focus
knob-----stereo (rounded front)
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 2.0:
Spiked (ship's
wheel) type focus knob-----non-stereo (square front)-----either mahogany
or Circassian walnut
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 2.1: References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Amateur Photographic
Equipments & Materials, E. &
H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1889, pp. 16-18
Spiked (ship's
wheel) type focus knob-----stereo (rounded front)-----either mahogany or
Circassian walnut.
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin,
Vol. II, 1889, W. J. Harrison and A. H.
Elliot, eds., E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
ads p. 53
The International Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin, Vol. III, 1890-1891,
W. J. Harrison and A. H. Elliot, eds., E. & H. T.
Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), ads p. 101
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
1891, pp. 17-18
Photographic Material,
Catalogue O & P, James W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia,
PA), 1891, p. 43 (as Fairy Novel)
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VI
1894, edited by A.H. Elliott and F.P. Smith, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), 1893, p. 71 (list of view and other cameras)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), September, 1894, p. 21-22
The International Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1895,E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p.
99
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
January 1895, p. 21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p.
21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896, p.
21-22
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials,
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
undated, c. 1897, pp.
45-46
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p.
14-15
not in 1899 or 1900 catalogs
