Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera, Penny Picture Outfit
Date Introduced: 1907 ; Years
Manufactured: 1907-c.1925
Construction: back focus via
rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing by
removable back; shifting front
standard
Materials: mahogany-finished wood (but not mahogany),
lacquered polished brass hardware, leatherette bellows,
lacquer finish
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 6.5x8.5; 8x10
Notes: canvas case holds camera and six holders. The
camera came with shifting front or without.
The Penny Picture Outfit was an 8x10 version of the
Competitor camera, and the special multiple back and
other equipment.
References:
Seneca Plate & Film Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY)
Catalog, 1906, pp. 22-23
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1907, p.
25
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1908, p.
34
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1909
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog J, 1910,
pp. 34-36
Catalog of Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Oklahoma Photo Supply Co.
(Oklahoma City OK), c. 1910, p. 28 (as the Ingento View Camera No. 2)
Cameras and Supplies, J.L.
Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog No. 12, c. 1910, p 15 (as the Professional
Camera)
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog K, 1911, pp.
38-40
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, pp.
41-42
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
M, 1913, p. 42
Seneca Cameras,
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
N, c. 1914, pp. 38-39
National Cameras and Supplies,
J.L. Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog, c. 1915, pp.
20-21 (as The Professional)
Cameras and Photo Supplies, Northern Photo Supply Co. (Fargo, ND) Catalog H, c. 1915,
p. 26
Photographic Advertising from A-Z, p. 356 (in a Charles William Stores ad, as The
Seneca View).
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog P, c.
1916, pp. 35-36
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog
Q, c.
1917, pp. 35
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918,
p. 27
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1919
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919-1920, p. 33
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras,
Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.32
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog V, c.
1922, pp. 32-33
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1925
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