Folmer & Schwing Division, Eastman Kodak Co.
Sky Scraper Camera Improved Variation 2.0
Photographic Digest, Vol. 8, No. 10,
Northwestern Photo Supply Co., Eastman Kodak Co., October, 1918, page 24 Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1917-1920 the The Sky Scraper
was 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. The improvements from the
Sky Scraper Camera include gear focus instead of fine focusing
screw, and a different vertical swing arrangement. The Sky Scraper Improved is seen in
four configurations of rear standard vertical swing:
Variation 1.0 has round center pivot
hardware, Variation 1.2 has the
round center pivot but also a round thumbscrew lock,
Variation 1.5 has large rectangular
plate pivot center hardware, and Variation 2.0
retains a center pivot, but has large hardware anchored to the base of
the rear standard instead of the relatively thin sides. Even though a
Folmer & Schwing product, it also appeared in
the c.1906 Century
Professional Catalog referenced below
as the
Century
Sky Scraper Improved. References:
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on sides 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; 14x17
Notes:
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1917, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 46-47
Photographic Digest, Vol. 8, No. 10,
Northwestern Photo Supply Co., Eastman Kodak Co., October, 1918, page 24
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus
and Materials 1920, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 42-43
