Amateur Photographic Supplies, Perry Mason & Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1900, ~4¼x6⅞", 16pp

Perry Mason cameras were distributed through The Youth's Companion, a newspaper-like publication from which one could buy or received as a premium for obtaining and distributing numbers of the paper.  The Youth's Companion Press also printed this catalog.  As might be expected for premiums, these are rather inexpensive examples of camera types.

This catalog is unusual in that it's viewing format is vertical, while the binding is horizontal.  Perhaps it matches the format of a flip-up receipt book used for The Youth's Companion subscriptions, so that the young person can issue receipts and keep track of what kind of camera they can get for their work.

 

 

 

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