What is it?

[brucep]

I have an agfa ansco 5x7 camera that is on a non folding bed. The front standard is screwed in place and the rear standard is on the usual rack for focusing. The rear standard is a few inches wider than normal as the back slides from side to side to take 2 images per sheet.

At some point in its life the front standard has been modified and is now basically a large hole with no step for a lensboard or fittings to attach one. what I need are some images of how it should look to start restoring it, but without knowing the model, I'm failing to find any images.

Thanks
Bruce

[vinny]

it might help to post an image of what you do have so someone has a chance of telling you the model.
is it one of these? https://www.google.com/search?q=ansco+5x7&client=firefox-a&hs=bAi&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=UcRWU_60Js2gyASGhYL4Bg&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1499&bih=823

[Jon Shiu]

here's one type:
114089

Jon

[William Whitaker]

Jon's camera is shown again on pages 8 & 9 of the 1941 Agfa catalog (http://cameraeccentric.com/html/info/agfa_1.html) at Cameraeccentric.com.

They're pretty rudimentary cameras, but completely competent for the job for which they were designed.

[brucep]

That's it. Thanks, now I know what the front should look like.

Bruce