Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.

Korona Pictorial View

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1925-1930's
Construction: rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lensboard;
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body, cherry base, black leatherette bellows (leather on 3.25x4.25); nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 3.25x4.25 (photos); 5x7; 8x10
Notes: camera has a unique telescoping middle/rear portion of the base combined with folding which prevents the "lost rear track" syndrome so prevalent to the Kodak 2d; Agfa-Ansco used the same folding/telescoping feature in a front focus camera; leatherette covered case.
References:
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925, p. 36-37
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog, Z.T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas City, MO, c. 1927, p. 64
No. 29 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Outfits and Supplies, Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc. (St. Louis, MO), May 1, 1929, p. 5
Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. (Rochester, NY), 1930
Photographic Supplies, Burke & James, Inc. (Chicago), Catalog #250, 1931, p. 26 (As The New Rexo Pictorial View Camera)
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 33
Cameras, Lenses, Equipment, Gundlach Manufacturing Co. Catalog No. 32, c. 1932, pp. 30-31
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories 1932-33, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 41
 

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