Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester, New York, NY
Korona Pictorial View
Rexo New Pictorial View (Burke & James, Inc., c.1933)
Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation (Rochester, NY), c. 1932, p. 30 3 ½ x 4 ½ Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1920's-c.1930's References:
Back to Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Construction: rear
focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of
base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back;
three-piece lens board;
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body,
cherry base, black leatherette bellows (leather on 3 ½x4 ½); nickeled
hardware
Sizes Offered: 3 ½x4 ½; 5x7; 8x10
Notes: camera has a unique telescoping
middle/rear portion of the base combined with folding which prevents the
"lost rear track" syndrome so prevalent to the
Kodak 2d;
Agfa-Ansco used the same folding/telescoping feature in a front focus
camera; leatherette covered case.
Willoughby Photographic Supplies #S-936,
Willoughby Photo Emporium (New York, NY); c.1920, p.4
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. Catalog No. 25,
1925, p. 36-37
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 55
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 65
Catalog of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
Catalog No. 121,
Chicago Photo Supply House (Chicago, IL), c. 1926, p.
2
Photographic
Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 127,
George
Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jan. 1927, p. 33
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog,
Z. T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas
City, MO, c. 1927, p. 64
No. 29 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Outfits and Supplies,
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc. (St. Louis, MO), May 1, 1929, p. 5
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
1930
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash
Catalog No. 130,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jul.
1930, p. 33
Photographic Supplies,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p.
26 (As The New Rexo Pictorial View Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 33
Cameras - Lenses - Equipment, Catalog No. 32,
Gundlach Manufacturing Corporation
(Rochester, NY), c. 1932, p. 30-31
Photographic
Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 132,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), May
1932, p. 33
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 41a
Wholesale Photographic Supplies Catalog 270,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago, IL), copyright 1933, p. 24 (as
Rexo New Pictorial View)
Photographic
Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 134,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), May
1934, p. 33
