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Dry Plate Outfit (#201-204)

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1882-1886
Construction: rear focus; single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black rubber/fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: #201=4x4; #202=4x5; #202A=4.25x5.5;#203=5x8; #204=6.5x8.5
Notes: All cameras have folding beds, brass guides on base; outfit includes canvas case, camera, plate-holder, tripod, but lens is not included. Both the Codman catalog and the Dry Plate Making book state that #203 is the 76 camera, and the engraving included there (shown above) is the same as illustrated elsewhere for the 76.
Instantaneous Outfits (#401-405)
#401=Outfit #202, Peerless lens, wooden drop shutter
#402=Outfit #202, #1 Darlot Rapid Hemispherical lens, wooden drop shutter
#403=Outfit #202, Morrison's Celebrated B Group lens, metal drop shutter
#404=Outfit #203, #2 Darlot Rapid Hemispherical lens, wooden drop shutter
#405=Outfit #203, Morrison's Celebrated B Group lens, metal drop shutter
References:
Walsl Cat., 1882, p. 51
C.H. Codman Cat., 1883, p. 13
Scovill's Dry Plate Making for Amateurs, 1886, p. 11 (instantaneous outfits, p. 24)

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