G. Gennert, New York, NY

Montauk Rock Camera

Date Introduced: 1908 ; Years Manufactured: 1908-c. 1912
Construction:  front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); removable, reversible back; double swing; 
Materials:  stained cherry body and base; black rubber bellows;
Sizes Offered:  5x7; 6.5x8.5; 8x10; 11x14
Notes: not present in Gennert Catalog #57 (1906-7);  not present in Gennert Catalog #65 (1914-1915) and later.  It appears to be identical to the Gundlach Wizard View, Variation 3.    Starting about 1903, Gennert re-sold the Seneca Improved View and the Seneca Competitor (as the New York View).  About 1908, they also re-sold the Gundlach Wizard View, Variation 2.  It is not known whether such cameras bear a Gennert  label.
References:
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies No. 58, G. Gennert (New York, NY), 1908
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Weidenthal Photo Supply Co. (Cleveland, OH) Catalog, c. 1910, p. 8
Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies No. 62, G. Gennert (New York, NY), 1911-1912

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