vdonovan2000
22-Feb-2016, 10:55
This wood 8x10 view camera was a gift from a friend, I'm quite excited to have it as a project to restore. The label says "Sold by W.P Buchanan". I know that Buchanan was sort of the B and H Photo of its time, selling everything by catalog:
https://ia802506.us.archive.org/16/items/gri_33125013853631/gri_33125013853631.pdf
Looking at their catalog from 1893, this camera seems to most closely resemble the American Optical Company cameras, maybe a St. Louis? The tilting back seems distinctive. The film plane can be removed and turned from portrait to landscape format, but it doesn't rotate. I'd welcome any other guesses, educated or otherwise.
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https://ia802506.us.archive.org/16/items/gri_33125013853631/gri_33125013853631.pdf
Looking at their catalog from 1893, this camera seems to most closely resemble the American Optical Company cameras, maybe a St. Louis? The tilting back seems distinctive. The film plane can be removed and turned from portrait to landscape format, but it doesn't rotate. I'd welcome any other guesses, educated or otherwise.
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