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Unknown Field Camera 7
5 x 7
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1890
Construction: front focus
via rack and pinion (single gear track
on top middle of base), single swing;
reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body and base; red
leather bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7 (illustrated);
Notes: This appears to be a home-made copy
of the
Scovill St. Louis, even down to the rod-like bed fasteners, and the
clunky spring back. While the wood work is exemplary, the finish
is not. The shellac was applied when the
camera was fully assembled, so it soaked into the mahogany while
building up on the brass. The brass hardware is all hand-made as
well. The lens/shutter combination is the Scovill & Adams Elite
(American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for
1893, p. 132)
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