E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Clifton View Camera
Anthony
Catalog, June 1901, p. 26
5 x 8"
Camera
only from the front, using no movements
Camera
only from the front, using all the movements of the front standard: rise
up, shift to the right, swivel clockwise, and tilt down.
Camera
only from the rear, using no movements.
Camera
only from the rear, using all the movements of the rear standard: swivel
clockwise and tilt down.
Label,
celluloid, upper part of ground glass frame: "E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. -
New York and Chicago. - The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J.".
Whitehead & Hoag apparently printed the label.
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1898 -
c.1906
Construction: front
focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails)
and rear focus via
push-pull; double swing; reverse by removable back; three-piece
lens board
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base
track; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10;
11x14; 14x17
Notes:
The front standard focuses by rack and pinion; the rear standard slides in the middle groove, tightened by a lever - two different types of focus similar to the Gennert Brighton, the American Optical Manifold, and the Smith Magic View/Sunart Photo (probably Seneca-made) Vici.
There
is a
Long Focus Clifton model, which, while having the two types of
focus and an identical front standard to this model, has rear standard
hardware more reminiscent of a Century camera than an Anthony.
References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
November, 1898, p. 18
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus
(Professional Catalog), E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, July
1899, p. 42
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
August, 1899, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
April, 1900 Supplement to the August, 1899, p.
s2
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, The Anthony & Scovill Co. (New York, NY), June, 1901, p.
26
The
International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Volume XII for
1900, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), copyright 1900, ads,
p.51
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Volume
XIII for 1901, edited by W. I. Scandlin, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), copyright 1900, ads p. 6
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Volume
XIV for 1902, edited by W. I. Scandlin, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), copyright 1901, ads p. 76
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
Anthony & Scovill Co. (New York, NY), 1903
Photographic Goods 1842-1904, The Anthony and Scovill
Co., (New York, NY), 1904, Catalog C, p.11
