G. Gennert, Rochester, New York, NY
Montauk Rock Camera
1908 Catalog, p. 8
Date Introduced: 1908 ;
Years Manufactured: 1908-c. 1912
Construction: front and rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
removable, reversible back; double swing;
Materials: stained cherry body and
base; black rubber bellows;
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10;
11x14
Notes: This model is
not present in Gennert Catalog #57 (1906-7); likewise
it is not present in Gennert Catalog #65 (1914-1915) and later.
Thus the 1908-c.1912 estimated run. It appears
to be almost identical to the
Gundlach
Wizard View, Variation 3.
Starting about 1903, Gennert re-sold the Seneca Improved View and the
Seneca Competitor (as the New York View). About 1908, they also
re-sold the Gundlach Wizard View, Variation 2. It is not known
whether such cameras bear a Gennert label.
References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 58, G. Gennert (New York, NY),
1908, p. 8
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 59, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1909,
p. 24
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 62, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1911-1912
