E. & H.T. Anthony

Novelette, Early, Variation 2

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1885
Construction: rear focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by rotating bellows and back; 3- piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry plywood base; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5
Notes: Anthony, the Man, the Company, the Cameras by William Marder, p. 247 called it "early solid bed"; Christie's 1989 sale of Marder's collection described it as a "Bicycle Novelette"; it may merely be a simpler way to make a small-sized bed than constructing a frame
References: not illustrated as a separate model in catalogs
 

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