Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.

Korona Banquet Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1914-1930's
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing and swing front; non-reversing; three-piece lensboard
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body, cherry base, black leatherette bellows ; nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 12x20
Notes: canvas case
References:
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1914
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1915, p. 29
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919-1920, p. 36
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog, May 1, 1920, p. 21
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog #22, c. 1920's, p. 47
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921; Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.33
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, p. 46
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Supplies, Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 24 (as The Rexo Banquet Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 31
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1932-33, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 43

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