Blair Camera Co.

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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1884-1898
Construction: mahogany box for Combination Camera, Reversible Back Camera and English Compact; bellows extension for Champion Camera
Materials: mahogany body or mahogany frame w/ black fabric bellows
Sizes Offered: For Combination Camera: #1535=5x7/4x5; #1536=6.5x8.5/5x8; #1537=8x10/5x8; For Reversible Back Camera: #1540=5x8/4.25x5.5; #1541=6.5x8.5/5x7; #1542=8x10/5x7; #1543=8x10/5x8; #1544=8x10/6.5x8.5; #1545=10x12/5x8; #1546=10x12/6.5x8.5; #1547=11x14/8x10; For Champion Camera: 1550=11x14/6.5x8.5; 1551=11x14/8x10; 1552=14x17/8x10. The topmost illustrated extension is 10x12 on an 8x10 English Compact Camera.  The lower two photos are of a 6.5x8.5 to 8x10 extension.
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References:
Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co. Catalog, 1884, p. 10
W.D. Gatchel Cat., 1888, p. 26
Oscar Foss (San Francisco) Catalog, 1890, p. 11-13
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin XXV No. 5, May 1 1894, p. xi
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, September, 1894, p. 25
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Blair Camera Co. (Boston, MA), 1895, p. 9
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1896, p. 25
Thos. H. McCollin & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, c. 1897, p. 61

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