E. & H.T. Anthony
Normandie Camera, Variation 1
Date Introduced: 1889 ; Years
Manufactured: 1889- c.1901
Construction: front focus via
rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing
by removable back; plywood lensboard;
French polish finish; hinged front extension
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows;
brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6.5x8.5; 8x10; 10x12; 11x14 (in 1891
also 14x17)
Notes: Variation 1 differed from Variation
2 in a number of small details, the most obvious being that Variation 2 had nickeled
hardware, a lower profile spring back and leather bellows
The
above photos are of a 5x7
camera. It has at one time had a 3.25" long label on its top which has
been replaced with an Anthony tag, yet the Anthony tag is correct.
Below is illustrated an outrageous 14x17 Normandie. According to
the catalogs, the Normandie of this vintage came with
an Anthony brass bound canvas case.
References:
E. & H.T. Anthony Catalog, 1889, p. 34
The International Annual Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Vol. III, 1890-1891, p.
101
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1891, p. 15-16
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY,
September, 1894,
p. 19-20
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1895, p. 19-20
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1896,
p. 18-19
1897 International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, p. 56
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, c. 1897, p. 44 (engraving above)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, February, 1898, p. 12-13
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1899, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, April, 1900, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and
Materials for Amateurs, The Anthony & Scovill Co., New York, NY, June, 1901,
p. 26
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