Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY)
Long Focus Premo Variation 1 - c.1895-1900
Long Focus Premo Variation 1: Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co., 1895, p.31
4 x 5, almost
as above, except for rear right side strut.
Brass plaque
on front standard.
Serial No.
59184
Notes:
Long Focus
Premo Variation 1 has a telescoping bed and focusing only at
the front.
Long Focus Premo Variation
2 has a telescoping bed and focusing
both at the front and back. Long
Focus Premo Variation 3 has an elaborate rear standard support.
This configuration was
advertised for five years, and yet is seemingly the rarest of the
Long Focus Premo
variatations. Perhaps it was designed and offered after the heyday
of these large and expensive view cameras in a box. References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., 1895,
p.31
The Premo
Camera, Rochester Optical Co., 1896, pp. 18-21
Catalogue "G" 1896-1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), p.12
Catalogue "G" 1898 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), p.9
Department 5, Photographic Supplies, Lenses, etc., Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston, MA), undated c.1898, p.81
Photography
has Made the Sun an Artist,
Andrew J. Lloyd (Boston, MA) catalog, 1899, p.123
The
International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Vol. XII for
1900,
E. & H.T.
Anthony & Co. (New York, NY), copyright 1900, ads, p.58
