Anyone know about a Conley view camera??

[David L. DuPuy]

Poking around in the darkroom where I work I found an old Conley 5x7 view camera . Does anyone know anything about the history of this brand? It's all wood, ev en with wooden plate holders, 5x7 with an insert so one can use 4x5 film. I pre sume it's from the 1920s or so? It has rear tilt and swing, and front rise. How did they fail to include a front tilt?? (I realize I can get a front tilt from those movements) Anyone know about this camera? thanks, David

[Nancy Goldstein]

I think I remember seeing the name in a reproduction Sears catalog from around 1906-08. Other than that, I can't help

[John Hicks]

The Conley cameras were American-made, I think up into the '40s. It was pretty c ommon to not have front tilt on many of those old cameras, partly I think becaus e the lenses didn't have a whole lot of coverage.