E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Victor View Variation 2
5x8
Low profile spring back
Stamps, front surface of platform: "Pat. Nov. 11,
'84" (clamp hooks for making the bed rigid, disregarding that this
design does not have the clamp hooks), Pat. May 18, 1886" (side-mounted
thumb screw on rear standard for swing
adjustment), and "Pat. Mch. 27, 1888" (spring back)
Date Introduced:
-
; Years Manufactured: c.1897
Construction: front and
rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear
tracks on top of base rails); single swing; reversing by two
tripod mounts
Materials: mahogany or Circassian walnut
body; mahogany or walnut base; black fabric bellows; usually nickeled
hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8;
6½x8½; 8x10
Notes:
This model could be had as just camera, or
equipment: camera & canvas case & lens & tripod.
Variation 2, above, has nickeled hardware and a low profile
spring back.
Variation
1 has brass hardware and a bulky spring back. Is also
known marked as: The Greenpoint Optical Co., Makers, Brooklyn, NY.
References:
not present in the 1898 and later Anthony catalogs,
but earlier catalogs show the
Variation
1 engraving.
