G. Gennert, Rochester, New York, NY
The New York View Camera
Outfit
(Resale of Seneca Cam. Mfg. Co. Competitor View)
1908
Catalog, p. 9
Seneca
Competitor View Camera
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1906-c.1924
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
double swing; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany finished cherry
body and base; brass hardware; fabric bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10
Notes: This model is
identical to the
Seneca
Camera Co. Competitor View. 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 Gundlach and Conley models. It is not known whether
such cameras bear a Gennert label.
References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 57, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1906-1907, p. 48
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 58, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1908, p. 9
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 59, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1909,
p. 25
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 62, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1911-1912
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 65, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1914-1915
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies
No. 70, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1919, p. 27
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
No. 72, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1919,
p. 25
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
No. 74, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), 1921, p. 23
