Burke & James, Inc., Chicago, IL

 

Ingento View Camera No. 1/Ingento View Camera

 

 Oklahoma Photo Supply Co. catalog, c. 1914, p. 27

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1908 - c.1920's
Construction: front and back focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials:
Sizes Offered:
Notes: Ingento was the trademark name that B&J used for almost every item of equipment they made.  It appears to be identical to the Seneca View, Improved.

References:  
Catalogue No. 11 of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Burke & James (Chicago, IL), 1908-1909, p. 24
Norman Encyclopedia of Photographic Apparatus & Supplies, Norman Photo Paper Co. (Rochester, NY), c. 1908, p. 24 (as Ingento No. 1)
Catalogue No. 12 of Photographic Supplies and Apparatus, Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago, IL), 1911-1912, p. 31
Cameras and Photographic Apparatus Catalog No. 13, Burke & James (Chicago, IL), c. 1913, p. 36
Catalog of Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Oklahoma Photo Supply Co. (Oklahoma City OK), c. 1914, p. 27 (as the Ingento View Camera No. 1)
Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, General Catalog No. 15, Burke & James (Chicago, IL), c. 1915, p. 21
Catalog of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Catalog No. 121, Chicago Photo Supply House (Chicago, IL), c. 1926, p. 5 (as the Ingento View Camera)
 

 

 

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