Schultze Photo Equipment Co., New York, NY

Improved Champion View Camera


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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1890-1892
Construction: back focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by means of a second tripod mount; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5, 4.25x6.5, 10x12
Notes: This New York City company advertised Scovill cameras in its catalogs, but also produced (or had made for it) this tailboard camera.  While similar to the Waterbury and other simple tailboard cameras of the era, it is unique in detail: The ground glass hinges upwards rather than downwards, and the plateholder has two kerf cuts lengthwise, which slide over splines attached to the camera back. A Schultze label identical to the one above has also been found on an E. & H.T. Anthony Champion.
References:
Amateur Photographic Equipments, Schultze Photo Equipment Co., c. 1890, p. 14-23 (Improved Champion)
Amateur Photographic Equipments, Schultze Photo Equipment Co., 1892, p. 19-34 (Improved Champion)

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