Blair Camera Co.

Tremont Outfit, Variation 2

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1892
Construction: rear focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by removable back; three piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry plywood base; brown fabric bellows; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: above is 5x7
Notes:  The variation illustrated here is merely that the back is reversible and held on by two clips, whereas in Variation 1, the back is held on from the bottom by two large springs.  This spring loaded back of this camera is undoubtedly not original and has been added almost seamlessly by utilizing the original back, and skillfully adding wood - only the first ~1/2" of the back is original wood; the remaining 1/2", including the spring loaded part, is alteration.
References:
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List Of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies (Manufactured and sold by the Blair Camera Company), 1893, Appendix, page 50 (as a discontinued model).

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