Seneca Camera Mfg. Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera,
Variation 1 (brass)
(Ingento View Camera No. 2)
(Ideal View Camera)
(The Professional)
(New York View)
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
Catalog N,
c. 1914,
pp. 36-37
6 ½ x 8 ½
Date Introduced: 1907 ;
Years Manufactured: 1907-c.1930 The company that would become the Seneca Camera
Manufacturing Co., The Sunart Photo Co., manufactured two view cameras:
the
Vici View and the
Vidi View.
The Competitor View is the continuation of the
Vidi View. The canvas case holds camera and six
holders. The camera came with shifting front or
not. The
Penny
Picture Outfit includes a Competitor camera, special multiple
back and other equipment. Some would-be
decorator has painted the originally gray case a hideous red. 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), lacquered polished brass hardware, leatherette
bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6 ½x8 ½; 8x10
Notes:
Seneca Plate & Film Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1906, pp. 22-23
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
1907, pp.
24-25
National Cameras and Supplies, J.L. Lewis (New York, NY)
Catalog, c. 1907, pp. 20-21 (as The
Professional)
Photo and Art Supplies, American School of
Art & Photography, Scranton, PA, dated 1907, pp. 36-37 (as the
Schriever Service View Camera No. 14)
Seneca Film, Plate & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
1908, pp. 33-34
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
1909, pp.
33-34
Photographic Supplies and Cameras 1909-1910,
Sunset Photo Supply Co. (San
Francisco, CA) Catalog, 1909, p.
36
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera
Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY), Catalog
J, 1910, pp.
34-37
Cameras and Supplies, Catalog No. 12,
J. L. Lewis (New York, NY), c. 1910, p. 15 (as the
Professional Camera)
Cameras and Photo Supplies, Catalog H,
Northern Photo Supply Co. (Fargo, ND), c. 1910,
p. 26
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
Catalog K, 1911, pp. 38-40
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, pp. 40-42
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera
Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
M, 1913, pp. 39-41
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera
Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
N, c. 1914, pp. 36-37
Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, General
Catalog No. 15,
Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago, IL), c. 1915,
p. 21 (as the Ingento View No. 2)
Photographic Supplies, Apparatus, Photo Jewelry and
Novelties,
Sol Pudlin Co. (New York, NY), c.1915, p. 37 (as the New York View)
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY)
Catalog P, c. 1916, pp. 35-36
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
Q, c. 1917, p.
27
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918, p.
27
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
S, c. 1919, p. 23
Kodaks, Cameras, Supplies and Other Standard
Merchandise,
Catalogue No. 102, David Stern Company, Chicago, IL,
c. 1918, p. 16
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
T, 1919, p.
26
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1919-1920, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 33
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p. 32
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
Catalogue V, c. 1921,
pp. 32-33
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
No. 72, G. Gennert
(New York, NY), c. 1921,
p. 25 (as the New York View)
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY),
undated c. 1923,
p. 24
Catalogue
No. 21 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1923-1924,
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), dated 1923-1924, p.45
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1925
Catalogue No. 27 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1925-1926, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1925, p. 63
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 72
Catalog of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
Catalog No. 121,
Chicago Photo Supply House
(Chicago, IL), c.
1926, p. 5 (as the Ideal
View Camera)
