The Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co.
Eastman's Daylight Enlarging Camera
Eastman Catalog 1886
L.M. Prince & Bros. Catalog, c.
1899, p. 93 8 x 10 Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1885
- 1900 References: Note:
Construction: front
focus via rack and pinion (one gear tracks on top of
side rails); no swing; reversing
via positioning of plate in holder (assumed), fixed
back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10
Notes: This camera is
not designed to be used out of doors as a view camera, but looks very
similar to many front focus view cameras, so is included here so that it
doesn't provide confusion with other Eastman products (before being made
aware of its existence, I thought it to be the fabled
Eureka
model). It possesses a metal tag stating that it was manufactured
by the Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co. but it is not shown in most Eastman
catalogs of the Eastman Dry Plate & Film era (e.g., the Eastman
Dry Plate and Film Co. Photographic Materials and Apparatus,
Jan., 1888, only contains the Interchangeable View). Note in
the detail photo that the slot for the plateholder was integral to the
original design, as shown by the absence of box joints through the slot
area. In other words, the slot has not been cut later. The
presence of a slot is shared by few cameras, namely, an unknown
Schultze model and a model from an
unknown
maker. This camera also features a slot for the rising front
to go through, allowing greater movement.
1886 Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co. Catalog, p. 23
Scovill's Photo. Series No. 22, Photographic Printing Methods,
Rev. W. H. Burbank, Scovill Mfg. Co. (New York, NY), 1887, ads page 2
Photographic Materials 1889, James
W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1889, p. 140
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18, L.M.
Prince & Bros. (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1899, p. 93
The Eastman
Products 1895,
Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), dated 1895, pp.104-105
