E. & H.T. Anthony:
Blair Camera Company:
Eastman Kodak Company:
J. Lancaster & Son:
Rochester Optical Co:
Other fine wood cameras:
Ephemera:
Bijou, Success wetplate, 1/4-plate tailboard by the Greenpoint Optical
Knock-Down Camera
No.5 Folding Kodak (stereo version)
Ladies Camera (field view and self-casing versions), Gem Apparatus
The American, Midget Pocket Camera
American sliding-box wet-plate, Lewis daguerreian camera (American), wetplate, ambrotype and callotype cameras
Early catalogues, instruction sheets, and advertising-promotion cards.
(updated 02-2008)
Check back for posting of these cameras.
(Thanks for the leads.)
Pearsall Compact Camera, c.1882. This camera by photographer Frank Pearsall is considered to be the first true self-casing camera that set the standard for all folding cameras through the early 20th century. Historically significant and only a couple known.
Gibbs View Camera, c1890s. Unusually strange variation on the classic self-casing camera, but beefed up for field use. Wonderfully odd design in which the front drops and rotates 270 degress to become the base. Amazingly massive for a 5x7 self-casing camera, but very cool.
Past acquisitions to be posted:
Anthony Climax Multiplying Camera, c.1898: Anthony's Climax studio cameras were often sold as Penny Picture outfits. Contrary to most opinions, "Penny Picture" was not a body type, but a marketing term associated with a multiplying camera packaged and sold as an outfit with tripod, lens, masks and so on.
ROC Snappa, 1902: The Snappa is a rarely seen, small self-casing camera with a magazine that holds 12-plates or 24-cutfilms. A surprisingly heavy camera for its size, the Snappa works much better than the Bullard Magazine camera.
Korona I, c.1896: Ernst Gundlach acquired Gustav Milburn's company in 1896 and continued to build cameras under the Korona name. The Korona I is believed to be the first model made under the Gundlach name.
And several others including:
* Anthony: 4x5 Victor with rare EA combination lens
* John Stock: 1860s 4x5 wetplate with holder and 4-tube lens set
* Wilkin-Welsh: 4x5 folding plate camera
* Multiscope: Al-Vista 5F -- a rarely seen complete outfit!
Watch for these postings and newly discovered information about the Wilkin-Welsh Camera Company.
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