Conley Camera Co., Rochester, MN

No. 2 Conley View Camera
Model B Conley View
New York View Camera
Queen City View Camera No. 40

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured:  c. 1910
Construction: back focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails), single swing, reversing by removable back, three piece lensboard, geared rising front - thumbscrew on right side
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; nickel-plated hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7 (above), 6.5x8.5, 8x10
Notes: The Conley Camera Co. was active c. 1900-1920s, and made cameras for Sears, Roebuck & Co. as well as under its own label.  Note that it was located in the Minnesota Rochester.
References: 
Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog, 1904
Cameras and Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159L 3rd Edition, from Sears Catalog 118, c. 1908, p. 263 (as No. 2 Conley View Camera, cedar)
Cameras and Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159R 1st Edition, 1909, p. 38-39 (as Model B Conley View Camera, cedar)
Conley Cameras for 1910, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog, 1910, p. 38-39 (as Model B Conley View Camera, cedar)
Cameras, Silent Shutters and Photographic Accessories, Conley Camera Catalog, 1910, p. 26 (As Queen City View Camera No. 40)
T.M. McAlister Catalog, c. 1910 (As New York View)
Cameras and Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog 159T, c.1913, p. 1162 (As Model B mahogany camera body instead of cedar)
Catalogue No. 14, J.L. Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog, 1913, p. 7 (As New York View)
Cameras and Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog, 1915, p. 20 (As Model B mahogany camera body instead of cedar)

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