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
Bottom
Top
Label, lower part
of front standard.
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
Roman numeral "8"
scratched into the upper part of the ground glass frame, possibly an
assembly number
Date Introduced: 1904 (as
Century
View No. 2); 1914 (as Eastman View
Camera No. 2); Years Manufactured:
c.1914-1925 References:
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2 has been replaced by the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.
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
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
