Seneca Camera Mfg. Co., Rochester, NY
Camera City View Camera Variation 1
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
Catalog J, 1910, pp. 29-33 5x7; the
carrying case is a period but of non-Seneca manufacture. Despite
its carrying case, it has lost its lens board and lens. Labels on
front of camera Date Introduced: 1907 ;
Years Manufactured: 1907-1913 The Camera City View
model kept its early-type swing hardware (having the thumbscrew in a
slot halfway to the top) much longer than did the
Seneca View and
Seneca
View Improved. One of the interesting
and puzzling features of all Camera City View Cameras is their
extremely short hinged front base, followed by a fairly short detachable
front extension. Most cameras of this era had just one hinged,
full-length (that is just long enough to reach the top of the camera
when folded) front base. The camera came with a canvas case
holding the camera and six holders.
The
two largest Camera City cameras were constructed of quarter-sawn oak.
References:
Back to Seneca Camera Mfg. Co.
Construction: back and front focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails);
double swing; reversing by removable back;
Materials: cherry base,
black fabric bellows; lacquer finish
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10; 11x14;
14x17; 17x20
Notes:
Not in the 1906 Seneca Catalog
Photographic Supplies, Woodard, Clarke & Co. (Portland, OR) undated
c.1906, p.3
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
1907, pp.
22-23
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
(Rochester, NY),
1908, pp. 28-32
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
(Rochester, NY),
1909, pp. 28-32
Photographic Supplies and Cameras 1909-1910,
Sunset Photo Supply Co. (San
Francisco, CA), 1909, pp.
34-35
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera
Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), Catalog J,
1910, pp. 29-33
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
Catalog K, 1911, pp. 33-37
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, pp.
35-39
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY)
Catalog M, 1913, pp.
35-38
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories,
1919-1920, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 32
1914 catalog shows
Variation 2
