American Optical Co., Scovill Mfg. Co., props.

View Camera Boxes

Date Introduced: 1870 ; Years Manufactured: 1871-c.1882
Construction: rear focus via push-pull with fine focusing screw; 0/1/2 swing; non-reversing; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: #51=4.25x5.5; #52=6.5x8.5; #53=8x10;#54=10x12; #55=11x14; #56=14x17; #57=17x20; #58=20x24
Notes: An engraving was used for American Optical View Camera Boxes in 1871, and re-used for the Model Stereo Camera Box in 1878 (above).  It is therefore possible that the Model Stereo represents the wider, stereo version and the View Box the general version of the same type camera.
References:
Photo. Times 1, 1871, p. 15
Wilson, Hood & Co. Cat., 1873, p. 34-35
Am. Opt. Cat., 1878, p. 14-15
Thos. H. McCollins Cat., 1882, p. 11, 14
 

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