E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY)

 

Platyscope Lens Variation 3 (ring operated iris diaphragm), c.1891-1900's

 

 

Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony &Co., May 1891, page 49

 

Notes: 

The Anthony Platyscope Lens appears to be a rapid rectilinear type, i.e., two achromats, front and rear.  Anthony Platyscope Variation 1 has Waterhouse stops, Anthony Platyscope Variation 2 has a lever operated iris diaphragm, and Anthony Platyscope Variation 3 has a ring operated iris diaphragm.

References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1890, p.41-42
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony &Co., May 1891, page 49
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, p.23
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1895,E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p. 74
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1896, edited by Frederick J. Harrison, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1896, p. a72
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p. 65
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November, 1898, p. 62
Photographic Goods 1842-1904, The Anthony and Scovill Co., (New York, NY), 1904, Catalog A, p.30

 

 

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