Rochester Optical Co.

New Model Camera, Variation 3

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1890-1902
Construction: back focus via push-pull; single or no swing; three-piece lensboard; non-reversing; ground glass frame hinges down
Materials: cherry body; cherry bed; brown (photos) or black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware; varnish finish
Sizes Offered: 3.25x4.25; 4x5 (photo below); 4.25x6.5; 5x7; 5x8 (photos above); 6.5-8.5; 8x10
Notes: a very inexpensive, and, therefore, long-lived model.   It co-existed for many years with the very similar New Model Improved.  The illustrated camera is 5x8.  The wooden case is varnished, and has an internal lock, which has been replaced with a simple hook and screw.
References:
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, June 1890, p. 8
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, May 1891, p. 8
Photographic Material, Catalogue O & P, James W. Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), 1891, p. 37
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1893, p. 104
1893 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1893, p. 13
1894 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1894, p. 13
1895 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1895, p. 16
1896 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1896, p. 16
Catalogue "G" 1896 Photographic Apparatus and Materials, Montgomery Ward & Co., 1896, p. 22
Catalogue "G" 1897 Photographic Apparatus and Materials, Montgomery Ward & Co., 1897, p. 21
Dept. 5: Photographic Lenses, Supplies, etc. 2nd ed.; Andrew J. Lloyd & Co. (Boston) catalog, 1897, p. 42
Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA) Catalog, 1898, p. 14 (Stereo, p. 15)
Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co. Catalog, 1899, p. 16

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