The E. & H.T. Anthony Companies

Field View Cameras

The companies:
Edward Anthony & Co., New York, NY; 1847-1862
E. & H.T. Anthony , New York, NY; 1862-1901
Anthony & Scovill Co., New York, NY; 23 Dec 1901-1907
ANSCO Photoproduce, Inc., Binghampton, NY; 1907-1928
ANSCO-AGFA, Binghampton, NY; 1928-1939

E.& H.T. Anthony Patents (incomplete):
159,537; Feb. 9, 1875: plate holder
171,643; Jan. 4, 1876: E.B. Barker's design for the light weight Centennial Pocket Camera
243,136; Jun 21, 1881: dry plate holder (issued to J.M. Howe, who made dry plates)
255,566; Mar 28, 1882: plate holder with both horizontal and vertical slides
255,567; Mar 28, 1882: bellows that revolve at the front standard (Novel and Novelette)
267,821; Nov 11, 1882: plate holder
272,622: Feb 20, 1882: substantially the Fairy Camera
272,717; Feb 20, 1883: plate holder with hinged front (this stamp often looks like Feb.20, '88, but there were no patents issued on such a date)
273,008; Feb 27, 1883: plate holder
Aug 26, 1884: essentially the zephyr plate holder (zephyr plate holders are stamped with the Nov 11, 1882, Feb 27, 1883
     and  Aug 26, 1884 patent dates)
307,965; Nov 11, 1884: clamp-hooks for making bed rigid
341,886; May 18, 1886: focusing attachment
342,212; May 18, 1886: side-mounted thumb screw on rear standard for swing adjustment
355,056A; Dec. 28, 1886: Victor plate holder
379,964; Mar 27, 1888: spring back and bellows support for Long Focus Novelette
437,656; Sep. 30, 1890: plate holder
439,808; Nov. 4, 1890: The Victor plate holder, diagram is the same as the Victor

Scans of number of catalogs can be found here.  Scans of Anthony catalogs are here.
Green Links indicate dry plate cameras. 
Light Blue Links indicate wet plate cameras.

	Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 1.0 (non-folding platform, no lens board)
	Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 1.1 (non-folding platform, lens board)
	Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 2.0 (folding platform, front platform thumbscrew)
	Amateur Equipment or Amateur Outfit (#'s 1-8B) Variation 2.2 (folding platform, rear platform thumbscrew)
	Bicycle Equipment (c.1885 - c.1895)
	Bijou (c.1885 - c.1897)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 1A (tilting ground glass, top swing knob) (c.1886 - c.1891)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 1B (tilting ground glass, side swing knob) (c.1887 - c.1890)
	Schultze Mfg. Co., Anthony Champion Variation 1B-Type Camera (c.1887 - 1892)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 1C (tilting ground glass, side swing knob, plate to make bed rigid) (c.1887 - c.1890)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 2 (c.1890 - c.1897)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 3 (c.1898 - c.1899)
	Champion (Equipment) Variation 4 (c.1900 - c.1906)
	Clifton (c.1898 - c.1906)
	Clifton Long Focus (c.1901 - c.1904)
	Climax Camera/Compact Climax Camera (See View and Portrait Boxes)
	Compact (Late Style) (c.1891 - c.1903)
	Eureka School Outfit / The Youth's Companion Companion Camera No. 1 / Perry Mason Co. Companion (c.1889 - c.1901)
	Unknown 13 - Counterfeit E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Eureka School Outfit Camera  (c. 1890)
	Unknown 14 - Counterfeit E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Eureka School Outfit Camera (c. 1890)
	Fairy Novel View Variation 1.0 (round focus knob, non-stereo) (1884 - c.1889)
	Fairy Novel View Variation 1.1 (round focus knob, stereo) (1884 - c.1889)
	Fairy Novel View Variation 2.0 (spiked focus knob, non-stereo) (c.1889 - c.1898)
	Fairy Novel View Variation 2.1 (spiked focus knob, stereo) (c.1889 - c.1898)
	Klauber View/Combination Novel View and Portrait Camera (c. 1884)
	The Knickerbocker Camera (c.1892 - c.1897)
	Manhattan (1889 - c.1892, but previously Amateur Outfits)
	Micrographic Camera (c. 1898-c. 1903)
	Model Stereo (c.1884 - c.1885)
	Normandie Variation 1 (1889 - c.1901)
	Normandie Variation 2 (at least 1903 and probably later)
	Novel View Variation 1.0, Wooden Front (c. 1882)
	Counterfeit Novel View Variation 1.0 (c.1885)
	Novel View Variation 1.5 (c.1883)
	Novel View Variation 1.8 (c.1884)
	Novel View Variation 2.0 (c.1884 - c.1891)
	Novel View Variation 2.1 (c.1884)
	Novel View Variation 3.0 (c.1888 - c.1897)
	Novel Combination View (c.1884) (Klauber View)
	Novelette Variation 0.5 (c.1886 - c.1897)
	Novelette Variation 1.0 Round Front (c.1886 - c.1897)
	Novelette Variation 1.0 Square Front (c.1886 -c.1897)
	Novelette Variation 2.0 (Solid Bed) (c.1880s)
	Novelette Duplex (1885 - c.1898)
	Novelette Front Focus (1889 - c.1897)
	Novelette Long Bellows (1885 - c.1901)
	N.P.A. (Brass Guides) (c.1885)
	N.P.A. Variation 1A (c.1887 - c.1891)
	N.P.A. Variation 1B (c.1891)
	N.P.A. Variation 2 (c.1891 - c.1898)
	Schultze Mfg. Co., Anthony N.P.A. Variation 2-Type Camera (c.1891 - c.1892)
	N.P.A. Variation 3 (c.1898 - c.1900)
	N.P.A. Variation 4 (c.1900 - c.1906)
	Numbered Camera Boxes (1-16) (c.1887)
	O.N.A. Equipment = N.P.A. Camera (see variations above) + single achromatic lens
	Phantom (1888 - 1895)
	Reversible Back Camera (c.1889)
	Stereoscopic Camera Boxes (#33-37) (Wet Plate) (c. 1870s)
	Success Compact View Variation 1, Kinear Style (Wet Plate) (c.1872)
	Success Compact View Variation 2 (Wet Plate) (c.1873 - c.1882)
	Success Compact View Variation 3 (Wet Plate) (c.1880)
	Success Stereoscopic Boxes (X-Z) Variation 1 (Wet Plate) (c.1872 - c.1880)
	Unknown 15 - Counterfeit Anthony-Blair-Scovill Combination - (c.1890)
	Victor View Variation 1 (1889 - c.1897)
	Victor View Variation 2 (c.1897)
	View and Portrait Boxes (20-27) (Wet Plate) (c. 1872-c.1884); Compact Climax View/Climax View (c.1884 - c.1897)
	View Camera Boxes (P-W) (Wet Plate) (c.1872); continued as Success Compact View (c.1873)
	Vincent (c.1891 - c.1895)

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