Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY

 

Eastman View Camera No. 2

 

 

Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., 1914, pp. 32-33

7 x 11", semi-panoramic format
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Bottom
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Top
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Label, lower part of front standard.
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Stamp, lower inside of ground glass frame: "Manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co., successor to Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A."
Pat. Sept 9, 1902
Pat July 15, 1902
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Roman numeral "8" scratched into the upper part of the ground glass frame, possibly an assembly number
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Date Introduced: 1904  (as Century View No. 2); 1914 (as Eastman View Camera No. 2);   Years Manufactured: c.1914-1925
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7, 6 ½x8 ½, 8x10, 7x11
Notes:  In the 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 Premo Cameras catalogs, this camera is called Empire State No. 2.  Then, in the 1914 catalog, its name is changed to Eastman View No. 2 By 1923,  the Eastman View No. 2 has been replaced by the Eastman View No. 2d.  There is an Eastman View No. 1, but as a rather strange difference, the bed in the No. 1 is made rigid via a thumbscrew, whereas in the No. 2 it is the EKC quick-connect; one would think that production costs would be served by having all the connectors the same, but perhaps the quick-connect is one of the features for which one would pay more for the No. 2.

References: 
Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. Catalogue No. 5, Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. (Milwaukee, WI), undated c.1907, p.48
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., 1914, pp. 32-33
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., 1915, pp. 32-33
Eastman Professional Apparatus Catalog, 1915
Number 30 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Outfits, Lenses and Supplies, Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1915, p. 48
Premo Cameras 1916, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, 1916, pp. 30-31
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and Materials 1917, Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 40-43
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, 1917, pp. 30-31
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Department, Eastman Kodak Co., 1918, pp. 28-29
Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, 11th Ed., Hirsch & Kaiser (San Francisco, CA), c. 1917, pp. 28-29
A Thousand and One Camera Bargains, Catalog 1919-20, Bass Camera Co., 1919, p. 18
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1919-1920, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 35
Premo Cameras 1919,
Rochester Optical Department., Eastman Kodak Co., 1919, pp. 26-27
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and Materials 1920, Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 36-39
Premo Cameras 1920, Rochester Optical Department., Eastman Kodak Co., 1920, pp. 26-27
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921; Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.29
Willoughby Photographic Supplies #S-936
, Willoughby Photo Emporium (New York, NY); c.1920, p.4
Premo Cameras 1922,
Rochester Optical Department, Eastman Kodak Co., 1922, pp. 26-27
Catalogue No. 21 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1923-1924,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), dated 1923-1924, p.44
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 57
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 69

 

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