Blair Camera Co.
Patent Extensions
Blair-Foss catalog, 1890, p. 11
5x8 camera & 5x8 to 6½x8½
patent extension (No. 1536)
5x8 camera & 5x8 to 8x10 patent
extension
8x10 camera & 8x10 to 10x12
patent extension (No. 1540-1544 type, but is not listed, so must have
been special order)
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1884-1898
Construction: mahogany box for Combination
Camera, Reversible Back Camera and English Compact; bellows extension
for Champion Camera
Materials: mahogany body or mahogany frame
w/ black fabric bellows
Sizes Offered: For Combination Camera:
#1535=5x7/4x5; #1536=6½x8½/5x8; #1537=8x10/5x8; For Reversible Back
Camera: #1540=5x8/4¼x5½; #1541=6½x8½/5x7; #1542=8x10/5x7;
#1543=8x10/5x8; #1544=8x10/6½x8½; #1545=10x12/5x8;
#1546=10x12/6½x8½; #1547=11x14/8x10; For Champion Camera:
1550=11x14/6½x8½; 1551=11x14/8x10; 1552=14x17/8x10. The
topmost illustrated extension is 10x12 on an
8x10
English Compact Camera. The lower two
photos are of a 6.5x8.5 to 8x10 extension.
Notes:
References:
Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co. Catalog, 1884, p. 10
Catalogue No. 7, T. F. Indermill, St. Joseph,
MO, Oct. 1, 1885, p. 98
Photographic
Apparatus Manufactured by The Blair Camera Company, Blair Camera
Co. (Boston, MA), distributed by C.R. Selee (56 Bromfield St., Boston,
MA), dated 1886, pp. 12-14
Catalog P, Photographic Material, J. W.
Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1886 reprint, p. 59
Photographic Lenses and How to Select Them, James W. Queen & Co.
(Philadelphia, PA), 1887, back cover
W.D. Gatchel Catalog reprint., 1888, p. 26
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Section A, Blair Camera Co.
(Boston, MA), distributed by Oscar Foss (San Francisco,
CA), 1890, pp.
11-13
Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus,
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), November 1893, p.61
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Section A, Blair Camera Co.
(Boston, MA), 1893, p.
9
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin XXV No. 5, May 1 1894, p. xi
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, September, 1894, p.
25
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus and
Supplies, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA), 1895, p. 9
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1895, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, December, 1895, p.
25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for
Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1896, p. 25
Catalogue of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA),
1897, pp. 6-7
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, c. 1897, p.
61
Catalogue of Hawk-Eye Cameras and Photographic Supplies Season of
1898, Blair Camera Co., Boston, MA), 1898, pp. 6-7
