Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, New York, NY
Universal View and Portrait Camera
Jas. H. Smith & Co.
catalog,
July 1 1901, p. 17
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1901 References: Jas. H. Smith & Co.
catalog,
July 1 1901, p. 18
Back to Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Construction: rear
focus via push-pull?; single swing; reversing
by removable back
Materials: mahogany body, cherry base,
lacquered brass hardware, black rubber bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x7 only
Notes: although not advertised as a
Gundlach camera, the only stock lens was an instantaneous
symmetrical in a Korona D shutter. The lens and shutter were
made by Gundlach Optical Co. The camera design is very similar to
the contemporaneous
Anthony
Champion. The camera could also be purchased along with a hefty
camera stand as the Globe Home Portrait Outfit, shown below.
Catalogue of Photographic Sundries,
Jas. H. Smith & Co. (Chicago, IL), July 1 1901, pp. 17-18
