Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co.

Triumph Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1883-1884
Construction: rear focus; single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts; three piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body, cherry bed, nickel plated hardware, black fabric bellows
Sizes Offered: 5x8 only
Notes: according to the reference: "not adapted for the patent extension; same style and finish as the Combination Camera".  The Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co. Catalog, 1884, p. 8 states of the Combination Camera: "The 5x8(A) is the camera well known as our 'Triumph'".  The A model had a 13" focus capacity; there was a B model having a 14.5" focus capacity.
References:
Photographic Times 13, March, 1883, p. V
Photographic Apparatus Manufactured by the Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co., 1884, p. 8.

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