View Cameras

"For my part, I may say that before I commenced photography I did not see half the beauties in nature that I do now, and the glory and power of a precious landscape has often passed before me and left but a feeble impression on my untutored mind; but it will never be so again." - Samuel Bourne, 1864

American (Unknown):
1/4-plate Presentation Camera
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American Optical Co:
Mignon Bicyclists' Camera
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Bicycle (Bijou) Camera
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Patent Novelette (round face)
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Victor
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Blair Camera Co:
Lucidograph
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G. Gennert Co:
Penny Picture
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Horsman (E.I.):
Eclipse Cameras
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Quta Camera & Plate Co:
Quta Photo-Machine
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Rochester Optical Co:
New Model View
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Schaub (Jacob):
Multiplying Camera
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Scovill & Adams Co:
Compact View
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S. Wing & Co:
Ajax Multiplying Camera

American Optical Co:
Flammang's Patent (rear)
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American Optical Co:
Star View Camera
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Clifton Camera
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Phantom
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Blair Camera Co:
Reversible (Combination) Back
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Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate:
Tourograph (original model)
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Gordon (E. - attributed):
Wetplate Tailboard View
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Putnam (Franklin):
Marvel
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Rochester Optical Co:
Midget Camera
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Rochester Optical Co:
Universal Camera
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Scovill & Manufacturing Co:
Waterbury View
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Stockwell (Nathan):
View Camera

Unknown Maker:
American Field View Camera

J. Lancaster & Son:
1893 Instantograph Patent
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Ottewill, Collis & Co:
Improved Kinnear Camera
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Unknown Maker:
Chambre de Voyage

Between 1863 and 1866, Samuel Bourne made three trips to the Himalayas. He was encumbered with an unbelievable cargo of photographic equipment and plates, not to mention the other necesseties of life appropriate to daily existance of an Englishman abroad; 'sporting requisites', books, odd pieces of furniture and an ample supply of Hennessy's brandy.

American Optical Co:
Flammang's Patent (front focusing)
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American Optical Co:
St. Louis Reversible Back Camera
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Patent Bijou
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Anthony (E. & H.T.):
Patent Novelette (square face)
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August Herzog:
American Gem No.2
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Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate:
Combination Camera with Extension
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G. Gennert Co: Montauk
Flexo-Front Multiplying Camera
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Palmer & Longking:
Lewis-Style Daguerreotype
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Rochester Optical Co:
Commodore
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Rochester Optical Co:
Peerless Camera
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Scovill Manufacturing Co:
Rev Back Acme View Box
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Smith (Jas. H.) & Co:
Sunflower Multiplying Camera

S. Wing & Co:
View Camera