E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.

Vincent View

 

 

 

E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. catalog, January 1895, p. 18
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5 x 8" with original Anthony small-form canvas carrying case
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Bottom
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Top
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Folded Back
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Folded Front
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The camera does not bear an "Anthony" label, but it does bear a "Sold by - W.P. Buchanan - Philadelphia" label on the top of its front standard.
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On the inside surface of the removeable back ar stamped two patent dates: "June 21, 1881" and "Pat. Mch. 27, 1888"
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5 x 8 in period canvas case probably by Rochester Camera Co.
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Folded Back
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1891 - Dec 1895
Construction: bed moves through base to focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); single swing; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body, mahogany bed, black fabric bellows, brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10
Notes: English compact style.  This design has a solid bed within a bed, where one part of the bed folds up to protect the front of the camera and another part folds up to protect the back of the camera.

References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), January 1891, pp. 14-15
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), 1892, pp. 47-48
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, pp.47-48
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, pp. 18-19
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), January 1895, pp. 18-19
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), December, 1895, pp. 18-19
Not in the August 1896 Anthony Catalog

  

 

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