I have Taylor-Hudson Cooke 27 inch, Portrait Anastigmat lens (over 50 lbs). Five stops of soft focus. I obtained it from a New Mexico photographer that opened his studio in 1907. He used it on a double bellows 1114 studio camera that I also have. He said that he had the lens specially made where he could do head and shoulder 1114 contact prints. He was very old and I do not know if that was true; but, I can not find the lens in any Taylor documentation ... 18" is the longest which I also have and it looks very small next to the 27" lens.
Does anyone have any info on this lens ... History, value, etc.?
Thank you!
dwayne@imagesbydwayne.com
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