Scovill & Adams Catalog, January
1892, p. 10
5 x 8
Stamp, rear end of platform: "The
Scovill & Adams Co., N.Y."
Three serial number stamps, each
digit stamped separately to make No. 314. From top to bottom: 1)
on the bottom of the lens board, just below it, 2) on the bottom of the
rising front piece, and, just below that, 3) on the bottom of the fixed
part of the front standard.
A
fourth serial number 314 on the bottom of the ground glass frame.
Manufacturer:
American Optical Co. New York, NY factory References:
Back to American Optical
Co. / Scovill Mfg. Co. (alphabetical)
Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured:
c. March 1890-c.1898
Construction: back focus
via rack and pinion (single gear track on middle base rail);
single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts;
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black
fabric bellows; brass hardware, French polish finish
Sizes Offered: 4¼x6½; 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½
Notes: The Elite
is essentially a
Waterbury
Variation 2 with geared focus and better finish;
it came with a Waterbury lens.
There is a knob underneath the right rear carriage
that the catalog engraving shows going through the base to nowhere, but,
on the camera, this knob locks the focus knob.
Not in the
Scovill & Adams March 1889 catalog
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), March 1890, p. 22
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Oscar Foss (San Francisco, CA), June
1890, p. 21
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), January
1891, p. 21
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Sargent & Co. (Cleveland, OH), April
1891, p. 9
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA),
June 1891, p. 11
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1892, The Scovill &
Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1891, ads p. 124
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY),
January 1892, p. 10
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List,
The Scovill & Adams
Co. (New York, NY), abt. June 1892, p. 10
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1893, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY),
1892, ads p. 150
The American Annual of Photography and
Photographic Times Almanac for 1894, The
Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1893, p. 118
Catalogue
of Photographic Goods and All Articles Pertaining to Photography,
The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), undated c.1895, p. 17
How to Make Photographs and a Descriptive
Catalogue of Photographic Materials Illustrated,
The Scovill & Adams Co.
(New York, NY), 1896, p.
29