Folmer & Schwing Mfg. Co., New York, NY
Sky Scraper Special Camera
Folmer & Schwing Catalog,
1904, p. 50
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1904
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
reversing by removable back; double swing; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10; 11x14
Notes: this camera is a short focus model
of the Sky
Scraper, made for photographing tall buildings without tilting
the camera back, the lens board has significantly greater rise than
other cameras due to the tall front standard; it has a shorter bed than
the regular Sky Scraper, a recessed lens board, and gears.
References:
Graflex and Graphic Cameras (Folmer & Schwing Catalog), 1904,
p. 50
