E. & H.T. Anthony

Success Compact View, Variation 2

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1873-1882
Construction: rear focus via push-pull with fine-focusing screw; single swing
Materials: mahogany body, cherry base, red leather bellows, brass and nickeled brass hardware
Sizes Offered: P=4.25x6.5; Q=6.5x8.5; R=8x10; S=10x12; T=11x14; U=14x17; V=17x20
Notes: Illustrated camera is 8x10; has fine focus screw (although it is missing), brass guides on bed sides; X=short focus, non-folding bed; Y=long focus folding bed (see View Camera Boxes P-W).  This camera was primarily a wet-plate camera, and was discontinued in favor of lighter weight cameras a short time after dry plates became common.  This camera was advertised as weighing "only 22 pounds".  The hinged-lid compartment under the lens would have held small items, such as lens caps or Waterhouse stops.  The handle on top of the 8x10 is a period alteration for convenience - that the top of the camera has not broken due to the handle being there is a testament to very solid wood of the period.  The nickeled swing hardware took a number of profiles over the years, slender (like these) or thicker, with curved edges (like the engraving).
References:
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 4, April, 1873, p. 127
Photographic Apparatus, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, 1877, p. 15-16
Thos. H. McCollin's Catalog, 1882, p. 20-21

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