Folmer & Schwing Mfg. Co. (New
York, NY)
Folmer & Schwing Division/Department, Eastman Kodak Co.
Roller Blind Shutter - c.1905-c.1921
Catalog image from
1912 Graflex and Graphic Cameras, p.46
Notes:
Rollerblind shutters for glass plate cameras, like this one, were
designed to fit between the camera body and a clip-off camera back.
The larger two frames (one black and one natural in the photo) were
necessarily made to fit each design/size of back. The middle part,
slightly smaller, held the working mechanism. This shutter fits
the 6½x8½"
Century/Folmer & Schwing cameras made at the time, or any camera
connected with the Eastman Kodak Co. made after about 1910. This
shutter was made before Folmer & Schwing was bought by E.K.C., so
predates 1907.
References:
Premo
Cameras, Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY, dated 1907, p. 53
Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. Catalogue No. 5, Milwaukee Photo
Materials Co. (Milwaukee, WI), undated c.1907, p.33
Graflex and Graphic Cameras, Folmer & Schwing Department, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1912, pp. 46-47
Graflex and Graphic Cameras, Folmer & Schwing Department, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1913, pp. 46-47
Graflex
and Graphic Cameras 1921, Folmer & Schwing Department., Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1921, p.39.
