Catalogue of Photographic Goods and All Articles Pertaining to Photography
The
Scovill & Adams Co., New York, NY
Undated - c.1895
This catalog is undated - at least on the pages that are present, which do not include the cover wrapper. The interior title page is present, but does not have a date. The introductory pages (Roman numerals iii through xii) have a listing of Scovill & Adams publications, including the yearly American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for a number of years, of which the latest is 1895 (copyright 1894), so this catalog is c.1895.
One odditiy in the catalog appears around pages 21-24. An identical page 22 appears in both the locations where page 22 and page 24 should be, and, also, a page 21 appears in the locations where page 21 and page 23 should be, but, in this case, the two page 21s are not identical.
One great feature of this catalog is that it contains a description and engraving of the Elm City Camera, a model previously known only from the bargain pages of the American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanacs for 1897 and 1898, which included neither a description or engraving. Here, we have both, so now the model configuration is known for sure instead of guessed at.
