G. Gennert, New York, NY

Seneca View Camera, Improved

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1906-1907
Construction:  front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails), reversible by removable back, front rise
Materials:  mahogany body, cherry track, brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7, 5x8, 6.5x8.5, 6x10, 11x14, 14x17, 17x20
Notes: Identical with the Seneca Camera Mfg. Co. Seneca View Camera, Improved.  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. 57, G. Gennert (New York, NY), 1906-1907, p. 47
 

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