Dallmeyer serial numbers

[Steven Tribe]

WW is a she!

Not sure whether I'm going to get response from Jennifer so I'll try and locate "WW's" contact address.
Meanwhile, I'll send a PM/email with data.
Sorry about this concealment, but I am careful with personal information received this way.

[goamules]

I thought everyone knew Sean's archives have been put online. But perhaps it has been missed, so here is the site:

http://www.thedallmeyerarchive.com/index2.html

I'm very happy Brent Archives has set this up. It's a great resource I wish we had for all the old lens manufacturers.

[Steven Tribe]

Just a note to mention not to expect the dallmeyerarchive stock books to be too exclusive as far as stated serial number range. Quite a few stock books contain serial numbers beyond the listed first and last. No. 7038 (and a lot of others!) are to be found in the stock book that goes up to 7000!

[bourvil]

I hope this is relevant thread. I am trying to date my Dallmeyer 3A portrait lens with sn 51261. Regarding the timespan of the books I date this lens somewhere in year 1891. I came into great site Thedallmeyerarchive but for some reason some resources of scanned books I am unable to open. That is the situation with the Patent Portrait lens in designation 3A from stock book 6 from years 1889-1895 or Brent Archive Brent Archive 198028/5/6

or simply on this site: Patent Portrait 3A stock book 6

Do some of You have similar experiece?

With thanks for contribution or help

[Steven Tribe]

Yes, the site is not stable and never has been. Sometimes you get part of the way, then, suddenly, it goes over to a hosting message. I retraced your steps and came to a deadend at the "patent portrait" series too!