Common Shutters for Wooden View Cameras

 

- from the time period in which wooden view cameras were made: c.1850-1930

- mostly enlarged from the camera photos, so the selection is neither random nor systematic, and the quality of the images is poor

 

B&L Automat Shutter- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1900
sh1097.american.optical.76-5x8-lens.b&l.rap.uni.in.b&l.iris.shutter-2.front&back-800h.jpg B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter, 1888-type (1888-1891), Ser. No. 435, Brass --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1889
B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter, 1888 type (1888-1891) transitional-type, with pneumatic release,  No Serial Number, Brass case --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1890
sh795b&lirisdiaphragmshutter-800.jpg B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter, 1891-type, Ser. No. 1811, 2507 & 2853, Brass --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1892
B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter, 1891-type, Ser. No. 5082, Aluminum --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1895
sh743b&llens&shutterincase-800h.jpg B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter, 1891-type, Ser. No. 20900, Brass --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1910
shb&lunicumlp203-800h.jpg B&L Unicum Shutter- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1897-c.1920's
B&L Volute Shutter No. 1 --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1907
1294.rochester.optical.co.-long.focus.premo.lens.volute.no.2-300.jpg B&L Volute Shutter No. 2 --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1910
B&L Volute Shutter No. 3 --Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., c.1910
646shunmarked pat appd for 3 obverse-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Climax Variation 1 (Uncovered) - E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c.1887-1890's
1299.Anthony-Climax.Shutter.Var.1-3&4-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Climax Variation 2 (Covered) - E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c.1887-1890's
1226.blair.utility.var.1-5x7-shutter-a.with.rubber.band-800h.jpg Drop Shutter No.1 or No.2 - Probably Blair Camera Co., c.1890's-
ensblairsingachshutterlp600tn.jpg Instantaneous Shutter in B.O.C. Single Achromatic Brass Barrel Lens - Blair Camera Co., c.1890's
509shutter1 obverse released-800h.jpg Drop Shutter -- James W. Queen & Co., c.1880's-c.1890's
Drop Shutter, R.O.C.'s- Rochester Optical Co., c.1885-c.1890's
Drop Shutter, R.O.C. Universal Drop Shutter - Rochester Optical Co., c.1890's-
1053.scovill.dry.plate.outfit-5x8-shutter.am.optical-front-800h.jpg
Drop Shutter, Scovill's Safety Shutter Variation 1- Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1885-c.1895
Drop Shutter, Scovill's Safety Shutter Variation 2- Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1885-c.1890's
1219.scovill's.universal.shutter.a-front2-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Scovill's Universal Safety Shutter Variation 1 (Manual Release)
 - Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1885-c.1895
Drop Shutter, Scovill's Universal Safety Shutter- Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1885-c.1895
166anthonyduplex5x8a-drop.shutter.only-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Manufactured- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1890
415rochesteropticalnewmodel4x5a-drop.shutter.only-a-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Manufactured- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1885
739.eastman.dp&film-genesee-5x8-drop.shutter.front-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Manufactured- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1888
1224.unknown.drop.shutter&lens-a-front-800h.jpg Drop Shutter, Manufactured- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1890's
shscovillelitelp282-800h.jpg Elite Shutter - Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1893
Grunow Shutter, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c.1886-c.1890's
Hitchcock Shutter, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c.1885
sh708ilexno2shutterinbox-800h.jpg Ilex No. 3 Shutter- Ilex Optical Co., c.1930- Ilex Optical Co., c.1930
Lens-Mounted Shutter- Unknown Craftsman, c.1890- Unknown Maker
The Pneumo Shutter, Lens-Mounted- C. E. Hopkins, c.1892
Low Shutters- Low Mfg. Co., c.1890 - summary- Low Mfg. Co., c.1890 - summary
Low Compound Shutter- Low Mfg. Co., c.1890
Low Kazoo Shutter No. 1- Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
Low Kazoo Shutter No. 2- Low Mfg. Co., c.1901
Low No. 3 Shutter - Low Mfg. Co., c.1894
Low No. 5 Shutter - Low Mfg. Co., c.1894

Low No. 6 Shutter Variation 1 - Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
1415.scovill&adams-landscape.reversible.var.2-8x10-low.no6.shutter-300.jpg
Low No. 6 Shutter Variation 2 - Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
Low No. 8 Shutter - Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
1350.anth&sco.1904-a.36-37-low.shutter.no.10-300.jpg Low No. 10 Shutter - Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
Nonpareil Shutter- E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c.1890
Packard Ideal No. 6 Shutter - Low Mfg. Co., c.1895
Prosch.Instantaneous.Shutter-photo.times.v14.no15-8feb1884-ads.p.04-400v.jpg Prosch Instantaneous Shutter - Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1884
shProsch.Eclipse.Shutter-1211.anthony.novelette.var0.5-4x5-c.and.cat-800h.jpg Prosch Eclipse Shutter - Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1884-c.1885
sh.prosch.athlete.shutter.front-400.jpg Prosch Athlete Shutter - Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1895-c.1901
Prosch Diaplane Shutter - Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1886
478.eastman.d.p.and.film-interchangeable.view-5x8-shutter.early.prosch.duplex-front&back-800h.jpg Prosch Duplex Shutter - Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1885-c.1890's
101americanoptical-flammangfront-5x8-triplex-2.view-800h.jpg Prosch Triplex Shutter- Prosch Mfg. Co., c.1886-c.1890's
985eastmankodak-viewno1-5x7-lens-rapid.rect.roc.star-both-800h.jpg Rochester Optical Co. (Bausch & Lomb) - Star Shutter, c.1915
Roller-Blind Shutter, Focal Plane, 6½x8½" - Blair Camera Co., c. 1888
Roller Blind Shutter, Focal Plane, 6 ½x8 ½" - Century Camera Co., 1900-1907
Roller-blind Shutter, Focal Plane, 6 ½x8 ½" - Folmer & Schwing Mfg. Co., 1905-1907
Roller-Blind Shutter, Focal Plane, 5x7- Seneca Camera Mfg. Co., c.1915
Roller-blind Shutter, Focal Plane, 4x5"- -Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co. Ltd., c.1895
Roller Blind Shutter, Lens Mounted - Thornton Pickard Mfg. Co. Ltd,, c.1890
Roller Blind Shutter, Lens Mounted- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1900
sh588.rochester.optical.empire.state-8x10a-unknown.stereo.shutter-800h.jpg Roller Blind Shutter, Lens Mounte, Stereo- Unknown Manufacturer, c.1895
Roller Blind Shutter, Lens Mounted - Unknown Manufacturer, c.1890
Round Lens Installed Wood & Brass Shutter - Unknown Manufacturer, c.1890
Simplex Shutter - Multi-Speed Shutter Co., c.1889
Thornton-Pickard Co. Ltd. Lens Mounted Roller Blind Shutter, Aluminum Body c.1905
sh892.blair.cam.co.-cincrb.var.2-4.5x5-2.view-800h.jpg Unknown Craftsman Shutter- c.1890- c.1890
shwalescovilllp136-800h.jpg Wale Universal Lens & Mathein Shutter- Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1886-c.1890's- Scovill Mfg. Co., c.1886-c.1890's
shwollensakautomaticlp070-800h.jpg Wollensak Automatic Shutter- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1902- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1902
Wollensak B Wollensak Betax Shutter- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1920's-1940's- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1920's-1940's- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1920's-1940'sOptical Co., c.1920's-1940's
shwollregularlp903-800h.jpg Wollensak Regular Shutter Wollensak Regular Shutter- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1902Wollensak Optical Co., c.1902
shgundman.stereo.shutter.LP887-5x7-800h.jpg Wollensak Stereo Shutter Wollensak Stereo Shutter - Wollensak Optical Co., c.1905- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1905- Wollensak Optical Co., c.1905Optical Co., c.1905

 


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