Scovill Mfg. Co.

Ne Plus Ultra (A-DDD)
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Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1881-1890
Construction: back focus via push-pull; no swing; non-reversing; no lensboard
Materials: white wood body; cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware, varnish finish
Sizes Offered: #A=4x5 (shown in photos above); #B=5x8; #C=5x8 stereo; #D=6.5x8.5, #E=8x10
Notes: Outfits A-E = 1 camera, 1 holder, 1 tripod, Ni Waterbury lens, wooden case; Equipments AA-DD = same and dark-cloth, 1 dozen plates and ruby lantern; Equipments AAA-DDD = same as AA-DD and a chemical outfit and sensitized paper.  This camera has the rather unusual construction of both the front and rear finger-jointed boxes being placed on their own solid wood base of the same width, giving the appearance that the finger-joints don't go all the way through.
References:
C.H. Codman (Boston, MA) Catalog 1883, p. 11-12
Wilson, Hood & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1883
Scovill Mfg. Co. Catalog, 1886 (A-DD)
Obrig Camera Co. (New York, NY), 1886 (A-EEE)
Scovill Mfg. Co. Catalog, July 1887 (A-EEE)
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, C.H. Codman & Co. (Boston, MA), September 1888, pp. 12-13 (A-EEE)
Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1888 (A-EEE)
Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1889 (A-EEE)

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