Rochester Optical Co.

Peerless Camera


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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1887-1894
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; three-piece lensboard; non-reversing
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black fabric bellows; nickeled hardware;
Sizes Offered: 3.25x4.25; 4x5; 4.25x6.5; 5x7; 5x8; 6.5-8.5; 8x10
Notes: The illustrated camera is 6.5x8.5.  The canvas and wood case in the photo may be a non-ROC accessory.  Compare this design to the similar L.M. Prince & Bro. Improved Utility.  It is not in the 1895 catalog and later, so must have been discontinued about 1894.
References:
 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, June 1890, p. 7
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, May 1891, p. 7
 1893 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1893, p. 11
1894 Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 1894, p. 112-3
 

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