View Cameras
"For my part, I may say that before I commenced photography I did not see half the beauties in nature that I do now, and the glory and power of a precious landscape has often passed before me and left but a feeble impression on my untutored mind; but it will never be so again." - Samuel Bourne, 1864
Between 1863 and 1866, Samuel Bourne made three trips to the Himalayas. He was encumbered with an unbelievable cargo of photographic equipment and plates, not to mention the other necesseties of life appropriate to daily existance of an Englishman abroad; 'sporting requisites', books, odd pieces of furniture and an ample supply of Hennessy's brandy.
American Cameras:
American Presentation Camera, 1880s Empire State Camera, c1894 Rochester Optical Empire State Camera
American 1/4-Plate Presentation Camera
Anthony's Clifton Camera, c.1898 - 1906 Rochester Optical Commodore, c1885
Anthony's Clifton Camera Rochester Optical Commodore
Anthony's Novelette Camera, c1888 Rochester New Model View, c1895
Anthony's Novelette Camera Rochester Optical New Model View
Anthony's Novelette Square Face Camera, c1880s Anthony's Novelette Camera (square face) Peerless Camera, c1887
Rochester Optical Peerless Camera
Anthony's Phantom Camera, c1888 ROC Unversal Camera, c1892
Anthony's Phantom Camera Rochester Optical Universal Camera
Anthony's Victor Camera, c1889 - 91 Acme View Box, c1880s
Anthony's Victor Camera Scovill Acme View Box
1st Version Blair Hawk-Eye Detective, c1891 Blair Hawkeye Detective
Okay, not technically a view camera but a good place to put on the website.		 Early 1890s Scovill Antique Oak Detective
Blair Lucidograph, 1885 - 90 Blair Lucidograph Compact View, c1889
Scovill Compact View
Blair Tourograph, c.1880 - 1883 Blair Tourograph Scovill Waterbury View Camera, c1888
Scovill Waterbury View
Flammang's Rear Focus Pattern, c1885 Flammang's Patent Revolving Back Camera (rear focusing pattern) Ingersoll Shure Shot Detective Camera, c1897
Shure Shot Detective Camera
Flammang's Front Focus Pattern, 1880s Flammang's (front focusing pattern) Sunflower Multiplying Camera, c1903
Smith Sunflower Camera
Gennert Penny Picture Camera, c1880s American Optical St. Louis View Camera, c1887
Gennert Penny Picture Camera St. Louis Reversible Back Camera
No.3 and No.2 Eclipse Cameras American Optical Star View Camera, c1890 - 1898
Horsman Eclipse Cameras Star View Camera
Gordon Wetplate Tailboard Camera, late 1850s - 1860s Student No.1 Camera, late 1880s.
Gordon Tailboard Camera Student No.1 Camera
DeMoulin Trick Camera, c1910 - 1930
Nodark Camera, c1899 - 1903 Nodark
Okay, not technically a view camera but a good place to put on the website.
Trick Camera
Putnam Marvel, late 1880s Wing Ajax Camera, c1900
Putnam Marvel
Putnam Research
Wing Ajax Camera
Quta Photo-Machine, c.1906
Quta Photo-Machine
European Cameras:
Chambre De Voyage, late 1890s Instantograph 1/4 Plate Camera, 1893
Lancaster: The 1893 Instantograph Patent
Chambre De Voyage
Underwood Instanto, c1896 Morley 1/4-plate Wetplate View, 1860s
The "Instanto" Underwood's Patent Morley Wetplate View Camera
Fallowfield's Facile Camera, c1890 Fallowfield's "Facile" Camera Not technically a view camera but a good place on the website. Ottewill's Improved Kinnear Camera, 1860s
Ottewill's Improved Kinnear Camera
Le Merveilleux 1/4 Plate Camera, c1888 Shew Xit Cameras, c.1898
Lancaster: The 1888 Patent "Le Merveilleux"
Shew Xit Cameras
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