E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Knickerbocker View Camera Variation 1.0
Anthony Catalog August 1895, p. 26
A carrying case is not mentioned in the Anthony catalogs. This
canvas case fits the camera well; it possibly the came with the new
camera. Alternatively, it may have been custom made later.
Bottom
Top
Metal maker's label on the top of the front standard/platform:
"E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. / 591 Broadway / New York."
Hardware detail: flip-clips
that secure the removable spring back; the left one is flipped open,
while the right one is closed.
Date Introduced: c. 1892 ;
Years Manufactured: c.1892 - c.1897
The Knickerbocker View Camera
is a light-weight, inexpensive camera having unique rear tilt hardware. There
are two variations. The design is the same, except of the 1)
nickel-plated brass or plain brass hardware, 2) metal or celluloid
maker's label, and 3) presence of patent stamps. Knickerbocker
View Camera Variation 1.0: This variation has
nickel-plated brass hardware throughout. It has a rectangular
metal maker's label on the top of its front standard. Unlike
Variation 1.1 and almost all other Anthony cameras, it bears no
patent stamps. Because the nickel-plated hardware is a more costly
feature, Variation 1.0 is considered to be the first variation.
Why it lacks the patent stamps displayed in Variation 1.1 is
unknown, since the patents pre-date the appearance of the Knickerbocker
View in Anthony catalogs. Knickerbocker View Camera Variation
1.1:
This variation has plain brass hardware. Its maker's label may be
metal or celluloid, but also, the place manufactured is stamped between
the hinges on the top of the platform. Like many other Anthony
cameras of the era, it bears four patent stamps somewhere on its
platform.
Despite its name, The Knickerbocker View
Camera Variation 1.1 was not made in Anthony's
New York City factory. This variation was apparently produced in
Anthony's subsidiary factory on Long Island: The Greenpoint Optical Co.,
as both the examples bear a Greenpoint label and/or stamp. Thus, Anthony continues the tradition so
prevalent in Scovill products of cameras produced in one of their two
factories having names reminiscent of the other factory.
References:
Construction: rear
focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing
by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7
(photos above); 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10
Notes:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments
and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY),
1892, p. 48
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, p.48
The International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Vol. VI
1894, edited by A.H. Elliott and F.P. Smith, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), 1893, p. 71 (list of view and other cameras)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), September, 1894, p. 25-26
Wilson's Cyclopaedic Photography, Edward L. Wilson (New York,
NY), copyright 1894, p. 462
The International Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin Vol. VII 1895,E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p.
99
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1895, p.
25-26
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, p.
25-26
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), August, 1896, p.
25-26
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials,
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
undated, c. 1897, p. 46
