E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 2.1
(spiked
ship's wheel focus knob, rounded stereo front)
6½ x 8½"
Stereo in
Circassian walnut
Rear perspective,
ground glass frame closed
Rear perspective,
ground glass frame open
Rear perspective,
during bellows rotation
Bottom
Top
Lower front standard, showing Anthony label and
the highly figured Circassian walnut
Two stamps on the cross brace of the
platform frame:
Stamp 1) first line: "Pat. Mar. 28, '82"; second line: "& Feb. 20, '83"
(two styles of plate holder); Stamp 2) "Pat. Nov. 11, '84" (clamp hooks
for platform rigidity)
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:
Round type focus knob-----non-stereo (square front)
Fairy Novel View Camera
Variation 1.1:
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
