Unknown Manufacturer
Counterfeit American Optical
Compact View, Variation 1.0
Counterfeit American
Optical Compact View 5 x 8
Label on Eastman-Walker Roll Holder
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Manufacturer:
Unknown Manufacturer This camera only has one
place for the front standard rods to attach, but otherwise is a very
similar design to the American Optical Compact View Variation 1.0.
This camera has been fitted or came with an
Eastman-Walker Roll Holder
Variation 2.0 as a semi-permanent back in that it can easily be
removed, but any other back would have to fit a specific and unusual
slide-in hardware. References:
Back to American Optical
Co. / Scovill Mfg. Co. (alphabetical)
Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured:
c.1895
Construction: brass rod front standard
supports, single swing; Eastman-Walker installed on back; three-piece lens board; internal gears
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: at least 5x8
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