Blair Camera Co., (Boston, MA)
Hawkeye Detective Camera, 2nd Model
4 x
5 . This example has its cardboard carton in which it would have
been sold in a shop. The cardboard and fabric cover of the carton
are thinner than that of a case, and it has no handle or means to secure
the top.
Bottom
Top
Label, inside of hinged door.
Plate Holder.
Another Example
References:
Catalogue of
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA),
1897, pp. 14-15
Catalogue of Hawk-Eye Cameras and Photographic Supplies Season of
1898, Blair Camera Co., Boston, MA), 1898, pp. 16-17
Photographic Materials 1889, James
W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1889, p. 68
