E.I. Horsman Co., New York, NY
Eclipse
Outfit, No. 3
cabinet card
advertising the Eclipse Eclipse No.
3: 4¼ x 6½. Serial (or Assembly) No. 22 Stamp inside
top of case Eclipse No.
3: 4¼ x 6½. Serial (or Assembly) No. 54
Eclipse No.
3: 4¼ x 6½. Serial (or Assembly) No. 62
Eclipse No.
3: 4¼ x 6½. Serial (or Assembly) No. 98 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:
This example, like some No. 3's, appears to have red-colored finish,
rather than a natural-colored shellac finish.
It has a replacement ground glass.
This example, like some No. 3's, appears to have red-colored finish,
rather than a natural-colored shellac finish.
The case was purchased separately from the camera,
and is not the same type of construction (having butt joint edges and a
metal handle) as cases found with Eclipse cameras (i.e., box
joint edges and a simple leather carrying strap).
Construction: rear focus
via push-pull; no swing; non-reversing; 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, back cover
The Internation Annual of Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin", Vo. IV, June, 1891, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
(New York, NY), ads p.16
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
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