E. & H.T. Anthony

Success Compact View, Variation 3

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1880
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 6.5x8.5; 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.  The nickeled swing hardware took a number of profiles over the years, slender (like these) or thicker, with curved edges.  This camera is without the little front compartment of the Success Compact View, Variation 2.
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