Scovill Mfg. Co.

Petite Camera

Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c.1886-1894
Construction: back focus via push-pull; single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts; 
Materials: mahogany body; folding cherry base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 3.25x4.25
Notes: has folding bed; Scovill stated that the #2 1888 Instantaneous Outfit was a Petite Camera, with shutter and case.
References:
Scovill's Dry Plate Making for Amateurs, 1886, p. 23
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, C.H. Codman & Co. (Boston, MA), April 1887, p. 47
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, C.H. Codman & Co. (Boston, MA), September 1888, p. 41
Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1888
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, Scovill & Adams Co. Catalog, January 1889, p. 39
Buchanan, Bromley & Co. (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, 1889
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. 86

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