The Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co.
Eureka View
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1885-1887
Construction: unknown
Materials:
Sizes Offered: 5x8 to
18x22
Notes: In addition to
the
Interchangeable View, Eastman produced two cameras apparently
only known from production records: the Eureka View and the
Genesee View. It is not known from catalogs what these models
looked like, but the production records of EKC show that the Genesee
was only made in small sizes, whereas the Eureka was made in
sizes up to 18x22. Therefore the
Genesee model is shown at the link, and deduced to be so by the
fact that such back focus non-cone bellows cameras are almost never made
larger than 8x10. The Eureka could have been either back
focus or front focus, but predated the era when view cameras were both
front and back focus. The Eureka could very well be similar
in appearance to the Interchangeable, but without the ability to
disengage the standards from the bed (the interchangeable feature).
References:
Eastman Kodak typed production record, 1921 copy
Note: The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. Photographic
Materials and Apparatus, Jan., 1888, only contains the
Interchangeable View. The Eureka and Genesee are apparently not
advertised in any catalogs, and must have been discontinued early.
