Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
Monitor Camera
Rochester Optical Co. Catalog, 1895, p. 6
8 x 10
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1894-1901 References:
Back to Rochester Optical Group of Manufacturers
Construction: front
focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to
base); double swing; three-piece lens board; reversing by
removable back
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany bed;
black fabric or red leather bellows; brass
hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 5x7; 5x8; 6 ½-8 ½;
8x10; 10x12; 11x14
Notes: This is
another one of R.O.C.'s extensive array of English compact style cameras.
The outfit included canvas case, holder, tripod.
1895 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1895, p. 6-7
1896 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1896, p. 6-7
Catalogue "G" 1896 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co., 1896, p. 19
Catalogue "G" 1896-1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), p.15
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), May 1897, p. 6-7
Catalogue "G" 1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co., 1897, p. 19
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1897, The Scovill & Adams Co., 1896, ads
p. xliii ("A New Compact View Camera")
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies,
etc. 2nd ed.; Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston) catalog,
1897, p. 44
Catalogue "G" 1898 Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL), p.19
Department 5, Photographic Supplies, Lenses, etc., Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston, MA), undated c.1898, p.47
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA)
Catalog, 1898, p. 6-7
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co. Catalog, 1899,
pp. 8-9
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18, L.M. Prince &
Bros. (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1899, p. 34
Photography
has Made the Sun an Artist,
Andrew J. Lloyd (Boston, MA) catalog, 1899, p.77
Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical & Camera Co.
(Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1901, pp.
10-11
Photographic Encyclopedia, Andrew J. Lloyd &
Co. (Boston, MA), 1901, p. 105
Kodaks, Cameras, Photographic Supplies May 1901
to May 1902, N. Watry & Co.
(Chicago, IL), 1901,
p. 30
