Folmer & Schwing Div., E.K.C., Rochester, NY
Home Portrait Outfit No. 2
Robey-French catalog, c. 1915, p.45
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured:
c. 1915-1920 References:
Construction: front and
rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear
tracks on top of base rails); reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; nickel-plated brass
hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10 only
Notes: It is essentially a studio
camera of the era which happens to have a folding base.
Similar to the
F&S Home
Portrait No. 1 of the same era, except this camera has nickeled
hardware and front focus as well as rear focus.
As an outfit, it came with all sorts of apparatus for
taking portraits, e.g., a backdrop, reflector, tripod, everything
fitting in two cases.
Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. Catalogue No. 5, Milwaukee Photo
Materials Co. (Milwaukee, WI), undated c.1907, p.45
Number 30 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic
Outfits, Lenses and Supplies,
Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1915,
p. 45
Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
11th Ed., Hirsch & Kaiser (San Francisco,
CA), c. 1917,
p. 9
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1917, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 24-25
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1920, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 24-25
Catalogue No. 21 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories
1923-1924,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), dated 1923-1924, p.51
