R. D. Gray (New York, NY)
Extreme Wide Angle Periscope/Extreme Wide Angle Periscopic Lens - c.1880's-c.1890's
Lens engraved: "R.D. Gray New York Extreme
Angle Periscopic No. 3 3148"
Notes:
Gray's Rapid Symmetrical Periscope Lens was a fairly popular wide angle lens of the 1890's. As its name states, it was a symmetrical rapid rectilinear type lens. There was also a Gray's Wide Angle Lens and a Gray's Extreme Wide Angle Periscope, which had a coverage of 115°.
References:
The International Annual Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Vol. I,
1889, W. J. Harrison
and A. H. Elliot, eds., E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), ads
p. 52
The International Annual 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.
131
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, p.17
Descriptive Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus
and Supplies, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1893, p. 13
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), February, 1898, p.
52
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
November, 1898, p. 46
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18, L.M. Prince &
Bros. (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1899, p. 63
Photographic Goods 1842-1904, The Anthony
and Scovill Co., (New York, NY), 1904, Catalog A, p.25-26
Photographic Catalogue, The Anthony and Scovill Co., (Binghamton,
NY), 1906, p.19
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