Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY
Camera City View Camera, Variation 2
Date Introduced: 1907 ; Years
Manufactured: 1914-c.1925
Construction: back and front focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing
by removable back;
Materials: cherry base,
black fabric bellows; lacquer finish
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6.5x8.5; 8x10 (photos); 11x14; 14x17;
17x20
Notes: This model has the
familiar rear standard with a teardrop pointed down that is found on most Seneca
cameras.
References:
1913 catalog shows Variation
1
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
N, c. 1914, pp. 32-34
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog P, c.
1916, pp. 31-34
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
Q, c.
1917, pp. 30-31
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918,
pp. 30-31
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
S, c. 1918,
pp. 26-27
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
T, 1919,
pp. 24-25
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.31
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog V, c.
1922, pp. 30-31
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1925
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