E. & H.T. Anthony

Eureka School Outfit
Perry Mason Co. Companion Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c1889-1901
Construction: rear focus via push-pull; no swing; non-reversing; no (fixed) lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; solid & non-folding cherry base; red paper bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5
Notes: may be completely unmarked, or may be marked GOC (Greenpoint Optical Co., Long Island, NY, owned by Anthony).  The outfit includes camera, plateholder, chemicals, trays, & darkcloth in a wooden case.  Is also known as the Companion Camera No 1 sold or given away as a premium in connection with the Youth's Companion magazine and the Perry Mason Co., Boston (Harvard Camera).
References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1891, p. 1
Youth's Companion Premium Catalog, 1892, p. 566 (4x5 camera as Companion No. 1; Companion No. 2 was a 4.25x6.25 Anthony Victor; Companion No. 3 was a 5x8 Anthony Victor)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, September, 1894, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August 1895, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1896, p. 6-7
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, c. 1897, p. 49 (engraving above)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, February 1898, p. 6-7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1899, p. 27
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, April, 1900, p. 27
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, The Anthony & Scovill Co., New York, NY, June, 1901, p. 28

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