Scovill Mfg. Co., Waterbury, CT & New Haven, CT
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c.1885-1889
Construction: front focus
via rack and pinion (single gear track on middle base rail);
0/1/2 swings; reversing by removable back;
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base;
black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: #110: 4x5 (illustrated);
#111: 4.25x5x5; #112: 4.25x6.5; #113: 5x7; #114: 5x8; #115: 6.5x8.5;
#117: 8x10; #118: 11x14
References: Photo. Times 15, 1885, p. 583;
Scovill & Adams Catalog, January 1889, p. 26
Notes: A similar model was advertised by
both American Optical and Scovill (even though Scovill owned American
Optical).
American
Optical St. Louis cameras have smoother finishes in both wood and
brass, and seem to always have a silver Am Opt label. Scovill St.
Louis cameras have a lack of the above. The
St. Louis,
Variation 1 has a bottom pivot swing rather than the center pivot
swing shown above.
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