E. & H.T. Anthony

Phantom Camera

Date Introduced: 1888 ; Years Manufactured: 1888-1895
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); single swing; reversing by rotating bellows and back; plywood lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4.25x6.5; 5x7; 5x8; 6.5x8.5 (illustrated); 8x10
Notes: essentially and English compact style but with Anthony's peculiar rotating bellows to avoid patent infringement on the removable or rotating back.
References:
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. 19-20
How to Make Photographs.  A Manual for Amateurs, C.T. Roche and H.T. Anthony, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, 1892, p. 32
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, September, 1894, p. 23-24
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1895, p. 23-24
not in 1896 catalog

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