E.I. Horsman Co., New York, NY
No. 33
Eclipse Outfit
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1890,
ads p. 12
4 ½ x 6 ½"
Horsman Eclipse camera, Serial (or Assembly) No. 4. This camera is probably an
Eclipse 33, but a plain lens board has been substituted for the
original a shifting lens board, This could not be one of theother
Eclipse models, since they do not have a removable lens board. (it would
be rather difficult to cut a hole for a removable lens board in an
already constructed camera).
Close-up of the camera bottom,
showing the tiny assembly numbers "4", one on the fixed front standard
(right) and one on the movable back standard (left). The pencil
marks are illegible, but were added before the shellac finish,
i.e.,
during manufacture.
One of the three Horsman
4¼x6½" plate holders that came with this camera. The owner has
marked the dark slide with a large "2" to distinguish it from the other
5 potential exposures.
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1888-1900 References:
Construction: rear focus
via push-pull; single or no swing; reversing by two tripod
mounts; three-piece lens board; ground glass frame hinges down
Materials: cherry body; cherry base; black
leatherette bellows; brass hardware, varnish finish
Sizes Offered: 4 ½x6 ½
Notes: Advertisements
for the No. 33, like the one above, indicate a camera essentially
as shown in the photographs. The lens board on the photographed
camera is mahogany and not original. The original would have been
the "patent vertical and horizontal shifting front". The
photographed camera also differs from the advertisement in that it has
no swing, and different placement of hardware. Most Eclipse
cameras encountered are the
No. 2 or No. 3.
There is also an Eclipse box camera, which is assumed to be the
Eclipse No. 1.
Horsman's Lawn Tennis, E. I. Horsman (New
York, NY), c. 1890, unpaginated, approximately p. 29
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1890, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY),
1889, ads p. 12
also see: Dan Colucci's:
http://members.aol.com/oct0969/hors.htm
