Scovill Mfg. Co.

Mignon Bicycle Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1886-1894
Construction: front focus via rack and pinion (gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; non-reversing;  shifting lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 3.25x4.25
Notes: hinged ground glass back, w/ 5.5" Morrison Wide Angle Instantaneous lens (w/ built-in shutter; see also 1888 Instantaneous Camera), and canvas carrying bag
References:
Scovill's Dry Plate Making for Amateurs, 1886, p. 17
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, Scovill & Adams Co. Catalog, January 1889, p. 34
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, Scovill & Adams Co. Catalog, January 1892, p. 14
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1893, p. 84

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