Rochester Optical & Camera Co. (Rochester, NY)
Long Focus Premo Variation 3 - 1901-1904
The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera
Co. 1902, p.31
6½ x 8½"
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Top
Plate Holder - modern profile
Long Focus
Premo Variation 1 has a telescoping bed and focusing only at
the front.
Long Focus Premo Variation
2 has a telescoping bed and focusing both at the front and back. Long
Focus Premo Variation 3 has an elaborate rear standard support.
This configuration was
advertised for five years, and yet is seemingly the rarest of the
Long Focus Premo
variatations. Perhaps it was designed and offered after the heyday
of these large and expensive view cameras in a box. References:
Notes:
Illustrated Catalogue No. IIII of Professional and Amateur
Photographer's Supplies, Wm. F. Uhlman (St. Joseph, MO), c.1901, p.
41
The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera
Co. 1902, p.30-31
The Premo Camera, Rochester Optical & Camera
Co. 1903, p.20-23
Premo Cameras,
Rochester Optical Co. 1904, p.30-31
