Blair Camera Co.

Cincinnati Reversible Back, Improved, Variation 1

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1890-1894
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single or double swing; reverse by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 1400=4x5 (illustrated); 1401=4.25x6.5; 1402=5x7; 1403=5x8; 1404=6.5x8.5; 1405=8x10
Notes:
References:
Oscar Foss (San Francisco) Catalog, 1890, p. 8-9
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin XXV No. 5, May 1 1894, p. xi
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA), p. 8

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