E.I. Horsman Co., New York, NY
Eclipse
Outfit, No. 2
cabinet card
advertising the Eclipse Eclipse No.
2:
3¼ x 4¼, with accessories (usually used
up or lost). Serial (or Assembly) No. 71 Bottom Top Candle powered red lamp Print Frame Stamp inside of carrying case. Eclipse No.
2:
3¼ x 4¼ (with original carrying case,
one Eclipse plate holder, and bellows that are a ruin)
Eclipse No.
2:
3¼ x 4¼. Serial (or Assembly) No.
29 with one Eclipse plate holder Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1888-1900 The
Eclipse No. 2
and Eclipse
No. 3 cameras shown above are the usual model encountered,
identical in all but plate size. This model's lens is installed
directly into the camera front: they have no removable lens board.
The
Horsman Eclipse No. 33, however, has a lens board; otherwise it
has the same construction as the No. 2/No. 3.
There is an Eclipse box camera, which is assumed to be the
Eclipse No. 1. References:
The kit contains (at this time): the camera, an unmarked print
frame, a red fabric dark lamp for a candle (4 parts), two Japanned
thin metal processing trays (marked "Toning" and "Developer"), a pack of
printing paper in a salmon-colored wrapper, five mounting cards - one
used for a very dark print, a bifold 4 page pamphlet: "Directions for
Horsman's 'Eclipse' No. 2", and two sheets cut from The Ladies Home
Journal, including the articles "Photography for Boys and Girls" (June,
1889), and "Photography for Girls" (July, 1890).
This example has a replacement ground glass installed with brads
somewhat longer than the ones usually used by Horsman.
Construction: rear focus
via push-pull; no swing; reversing by two tripod
mounts; no lens board; ground glass frame hinges down
Materials: cherry body
and base; black leatherette bellows; brass hardware, varnish
finish
Sizes Offered: Eclipse No. 2:
3¼ x 4¼; Eclipse No. 3: 4¼ x 6½
Notes: The E.I.
Horsman Co. also sold lawn tennis equipment and bicycles,
as prizes to children for selling magazine subscriptions.
The "outfit" included a wooden box, trays, chemicals, etc. similar to
the "Scholar's" outfit of Scovill and the "Eureka School" outfit of
Anthony.
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1890, The Scovill &
Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1889, ads p. 12
Horsman's Lawn Tennis, E. I. Horsman (New
York, NY), c. 1890, unpaginated, approximately p. 29
How
to Give a Progressive "Halma" Party, E. I. Horsman (New York, NY),
unpaginated, 8 pp & covers, inside back cover
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1892, The Scovill &
Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1891, ads p. 31
also see Dan Colucci's Horsman article:
http://members.aol.com/oct0969/hors.htm
