Blair Camera Co.
Unknown View #3 (Rear Focus)
8 x 10" Format, Single Swing
Configuration. This camera is missing its back.
6½x8½" Format, Double Swing
Configuration
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1885
Construction: rear
focus via push-pull; double
swing; reversing by removable back; three piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: at least
6½x8½
Notes: This camera is a
back focus frame camera similar to the
ROC Favorite
or
Gennert Nancy Hanks. The camera
is not marked, but came with three Blair plateholders (and fits them).
The curvature on the rear base is reminiscent of Gennert cameras, but
the large springs on the back, grooved base, plate-holders, and the
three adjustment knobs are either Blair-manufactured or, at the very
least, reminiscent of Blair parts as seen on other cameras that are
identified as Blair by their labels.
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