Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester, New York, NY

 

Korona View Camera, Variation 2
Rexo View Camera (Burke & James, Inc., c.1933)

 

 

Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, p. 12
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4 x 5
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1909-1930's
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion  (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body, cherry base, black leatherette bellows (leather optional); nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½;8x10; 7x11; 11x14 (3 ½x5 ½ back available)
Notes: same basic design as the Eastman View #1, Eastman View #2, and Eastman #2d - that is, front and back focus with front track folding and back track removable for short focus lenses.

References:
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), June 1, 1909, no page number (would be 22-23)
Cameras and Photo Supplies, Catalog H, Northern Photo Supply Co. (Fargo, ND), c. 1910, p. 26
Korona Cameras
, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1911
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, July 1 1912, pp. 23-24
Korona Cameras
, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1914
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1915, pp. 19-20
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), Jan. 1, 1918, pp. 15-16
A Thousand and One Camera Bargains, Catalog 1919-20, Bass Camera Co., 1919, stapled insert
Korona Cameras,
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, pp. 12-13
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.28
Willoughby Photographic Supplies #S-936
, Willoughby Photo Emporium (New York, NY); c.1920, p.4
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras
, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog #22, c. 1922, pp. 37-39
Catalogue No. 21 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1923-1924, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), dated 1923-1924, p.42
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, pp. 38-39
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 56
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 66
Photographic Equipment Apparatus and Supplies, Catalogue No. 18
, Norman-Willets Photo Supply, Inc. (Chicago, IL); c.1925, p. 4
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 127, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jan. 1927, p. 33
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog
, Z.T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas City, MO, c. 1927, p. 63 (as the Brigg's Big Value Complete View Outfit)
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 130, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jul. 1930, p. 33
Photographic Supplies, Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 26 (As The Rexo View Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 33
Cameras - Lenses - Equipment, Catalog No. 32, Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation (Rochester, NY), c. 1932, p. 28-29
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 132, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), May 1932, p. 33
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1932-33, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1932, p. 40
Wholesale Photographic Supplies Catalog 270, Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago, IL), copyright 1933, p. 24 (as Rexo View Camera)
Catalog, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), c. 1935, p. 18
Central's Photographic Almanac for 1936,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1936, p. 19
Bargain Catalog No. 75, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), c. 1934, p. 19
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 134, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), May 1934, p. 33

 

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