Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), dated June 1890, ~5⅞"x9⅛", 36pp
This catalog, naturally is very similar to the ROC May 1891 catalog- they share identical covers. However, the 1891 version is four pages longer, has a number of scattered price increases, and has a few differences in camera models offered, namely:
- The
June 1890 catalog contains
The American
Camera, whereas the May 1891 catalog does not. ROC
apparently gave up on self-casing models such as this, there being no
such types in the 1891 catalog - this despite the imminent rise of
leather-covered self-casing cameras which would begin about 1895, and,
by the 1900's, eventually eclipse the all-wood view cameras made for
amateurs in the 1890's.
- The May 1891 contains the Rochester Magazine Camera, a 4x5 box
camera similar in size to the popular
Blair Hawkeye Camera, but having a compact magazine carrying
twelve film or plate holders at a time. It would have been a
breakthrough in design, allowing more photos to be taken per loading,
had not Kodak's roll film cameras been offered at the same time.
