The Blair Companies

Field View Cameras

Blair Tourograph Co., CT (1879-1881)
Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co., Boston, MA (1881-1886)
Blair Camera Co., Boston, MA (1885-1899)
Boston Camera Co. (1888-1890, bought by Blair Camera Co. in 1890)
1890: Blair bought Anthony factories - cameras for both companies made in the same building but different rooms
Blair Div., Eastman Kodak Co., Boston, MA & Rochester, NY (1899-c.1910)

Blair Patents:
#159,536; Feb 9, 1875: endless belt instead of rack & pinion focus
#243,136; Jun 21, 1881: reversible adapter plateholder
#277,787; May 15, 1883 (also used by Scovill): blackboard (writable) slide for plateholder
#304,406; Sep 2, 1884: spring activated camera back and plateholder with flap and recess
#860,249; Mar 29, 1887: camera contained in a case, like hand & stands (but lucidograph was produced earlier)

Boston Touring Camera (c. 1884)
Central Swing Back, Improved (c. 1891-1893)
Champion (c. 1887-1893)
Champion, RB, Improved (c. 1889-1894)
Cincinnati RB (c. 1888)
Cincinnati RB, Improved, Variation 1 (c. 1890-1894)
Cincinnati RB, Improved, Variation 2 (c. 1890)
Combination, Variation 1 (c. 1882-1883)
Combination, Variation 2 (c. 1883-1894)
Combination, RB, Variation 1 (c. 1884)
Combination, RB, Variation 2 (c. 1884)
Combination, RB, Variation 3 (c. 1884-1886)
English Compact RB (c. 1888-1898)
Knockdown Camera (c. 1883)
Lucidograph (c. 1884-1894)
Patent Extension (c. 1884-1898)
Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 1 (c. 1895)
Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 2 (c. 1890-1894)
Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 3 (c. 1894)
Roller-Blind Shutter (c. 1890)
Standard Camera (c. 1884)
Tourograph (1878-c. 1883)
Tremont Outfit, Variation 1 (c. 1893)
Tremont Outfit, Variation 2 (c. 1893)
Triumph Camera (c. 1883-1884)
Unknown View #2 (c. 1889)
Unknown View #3 (Rear Focus) (c. 1885)
Utility Camera (c. 1884)
Utility Camera  Variation (c. 1890)