Rochester Optical Co.

Monitor Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1894-1901
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); double swing; three-piece lensboard; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany bed; black fabric  or red leather bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 5x7; 5x8; 6.5-8.5; 8x10; 10x12; 11x14
Notes: another one of R.O.C.'s extensive array of English compact style cameras; w/ canvas case, holder, tripod.  The illustrated camera is 8x10.
References:
1895 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1895, p. 6-7
1896 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1896, p. 6-7
Catalogue "G" 1896 Photographic Apparatus and Materials, Montgomery Ward & Co., 1896, p. 19
Catalogue "G" 1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials, Montgomery Ward & Co., 1897, p. 19
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1897, p. xliii ("A New Compact View Camera")
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies, etc. 2nd ed.; Andrew J. Lloyd & Co. (Boston) catalog, 1897, p. 44
Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA) Catalog, 1898, p. 6-7
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co. Catalog, 1899, pp. 8-9

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