Seneca Camera Mfg. Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera Variation 2 (nickel) ?
5 x 7 with original case
Hardly any wear on either the camera or the canvas case.
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Another 5 x 7
Date Introduced:
-
; Years Manufactured: c.
1915 References:
Back to Seneca Camera Mfg. Co.
Construction: back focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails);
double swing; reversing by removable back;
shifting front standard
Materials: mahogany-finished wood
(but not mahogany), nickeled brass hardware,
leatherette bellows
Sizes Offered: at least
5x7
Notes: This camera may
not be a Seneca product. Although it bears a strong resemblance in
design to the competitor, but has different swing hardware, and is
nickeled, whereas the Competitor was always advertised as brass.
Yet it has the front shift that is unique to Competitors of this era.
