Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
Universal Camera Variation 2
Rochester
Optical Co. Catalog, 1895, p. 4
6½ x 8½
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: 1893-1904
discontinued 1905 References:
Back to Rochester Optical Group of Manufacturers
Construction: front
focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to
base); single or double swing; three-piece lens board; reversing
by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany bed;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 3¼x4¼; 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8;
6½x8½; 8x10; 10x12; 11x14; 14x17; 17x20
Notes: This is
another one of R.O.C.'s extensive array of English compact style
cameras; w/ two sizes of canvas cases available, plate-holder, tripod.
Variation 1
has a smaller rearmost metal piece in the hinge than Variation 2.
Variation 2 Does not appear in engravings before the 1893
catalog, and no Universal at all appears in the 1905 Premos
catalog.
1893 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, May 1893, p. 4-5
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1893, The Scovill & Adams Co., 1892, ads
p. ciii
1894 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, May 1894, p. 4-5
1895 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, May 1895, p. 4-5
1896 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, May 1896, p. 4-5
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1897, The Scovill &
Adams Co., 1896, ads p. cv (an engraving in an
ad for Cummins Photo Stock Co., Baltimore, MD)
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies,
etc. 2nd ed., Andrew J.
Lloyd & Co., Boston,
MA, 1897, p. 43
Department 5, Photographic Supplies, Lenses, etc., Andrew J. Lloyd
& Co. (Boston, MA), undated c.1898, p.46
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, June 1898,
pp. 4-5
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, 1899, pp. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue No. 18,
L.M. Prince & Bros., Cincinnati, OH, c. 1899, p. 33
Photography
has Made the Sun an Artist,
Andrew J. Lloyd (Boston, MA) catalog, 1899, p.76
Photographic Apparatus,
Rochester Optical & Camera Co.,
Rochester, NY, 1901, pp.
6-7
Photographic Encyclopedia, Andrew J. Lloyd &
Co., Boston, MA, 1901, p. 104
Illustrated Catalogue No. IIII of Professional and Amateur
Photographer's Supplies, Wm. F. Uhlman (St. Joseph, MO), c.1901, p.
40
Premo Cameras,
Rochester Optical Co. succeeded by Rochester Optical
& Camera Co., Rochester, NY, 1902, p. 43
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co.
succeeded by Rochester Optical & Camera Co., Rochester, NY, 1903,
p. 28
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co.,
Rochester, NY, 1904,
p. 34
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co.
(Rochester, NY), undated c.1904, p. 32
