Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.

Korona Compact View Camera

Date Introduced: 1900 ; Years Manufactured: 1900-c.1903
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); single swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base; black leatherette bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 6.5x8.5; 8x10
Notes: English compact style; not in 1899 catalog, and 1900 catalog states that two styles of view cameras (of which this is one) are offered for the first time.
References:
Korona Cameras, Lenses, Photographic Goods, Gundlach Optical Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1900, pp. 18-19
Jas. H. Smith & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog, July 1 1901, pp. 21-22
Korona Cameras, Gundlach Optical Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1902, pp. 19-20
Andrew J. Lloyd Cat., 1902, p. 192
1903 Koronas, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., (Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1903, pp. 38-39

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