Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
Peerless View Camera Variation 2
Rochester Optical Co. Catalog, 1893. p. 11
4 x
5
Celluloid label, bottom of ground glass frame
5 x
8
A
Peerless Label, on back standard of another camera
Another 5 x
8
The lens board is a re-sized one stamped: "Scovill Manufacturing Co.,
N.Y."
Bottom
Top
Celluloid label, lower ground glass frame
6½ x 8½. It appears that someone had added a tripod
socket (plate now missing) to the left side of the rear standard in
order to reverse the format to vertical. The peerless is a very compact model
with a tapering bellows, similar to the
L.M.
Prince & Bro. Improved Utility.
There are at least two variations:
Peerless
View Camera Variation 1:
Peerless
View Camera Variation 2: Discontinuation: The
Peerless is not in the ROC 1895 catalog and later, so must have been
discontinued during 1894. References:
Back to Rochester Optical Group of Manufacturers
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1888
- 1894
Construction: front focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails);
single swing; three-piece lens board;
non-reversing
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black
fabric bellows; nickeled hardware;
Sizes Offered: 3¼x4¼; 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8;
6½x8½; 8x10
Notes:
The ground glass frame is fastened
up by the ROC Cam-type hardware, seen on other ROC cameras, e.g.,
The Ideal Variation 1. Otherwise, Variation 1 is identical to
Variation 2.
The ground glass frame is fastened
up by the later ROC spring-loaded clip, the most common type of ROC back
fastener.
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY),
June 1890, p. 7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), May 1891, p. 7
1892 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1892, p.
7
1893 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1893, p. 11
1894 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1894, p. 11
