Manufacturer:
American Optical Co. New York, NY factory References:
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured:
c.1878
Construction: rear
focus; double swing; non-reversing; three-piece lens board
Materials:
Sizes Offered: 8x10 only
Notes: This is described
as the
American
Optical Co. View Camera
Boxes #53 View, but with a double stereo
configuration (four lenses
on the front, a back that exposes the top two separately from the bottom
two) instead of a single lens.
American Optical Catalog, 1878, p. 18