E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Anthony's Micrographic Camera (probably)
4 x 5'
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1898-1903 Notes:
The engraving below is in the 1903 Anthony Catalog. The
illustrated camera does not have the same back, but
other microscope cameras did have a solid back cover, and the
brass rod focusing is unmistakable and similar in
many microscope camera designs. The wooden back protecting
the ground glass is provided apparently because it faces upwards.
It is called a microscope camera in the catalog, but this type
of work is now called macro (magnifications <1).
Microscope cameras were featured in many catalogs of the 1880's and
1890's. Scovill catalogs around 1886 have no fewer than three
variations of microscope cameras illustrated. Anthony
Catalog, 1903
Construction: rear focus
via sliding on rods; no swing; non-reversing
Materials: mahogany body; no base; black
fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5 (illustrated);
References:
Illustrated Catalogue Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs,
E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.,
New York, NY, February, 1898, p. 19
Illustrated Catalogue Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs,
E.
& H.T. Anthony & Co.,
New York, NY, November, 1898, p. 16
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus
(Professional Catalog), E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, July
1899, p. 47
Illustrated Catalogue Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. &
H.T. Anthony & Co.,
New York, NY, April, 1900, p. 45
