Help identifying a camera in another state

[baronvonaaron]

My best friend just went back home to louisiana for the first time in many years and discovered a shed filled with camera gear at her late grandfather's house.

These are the only two photos she texted me, so I'm sorry I don't have more information than this. Unfortunately she can't ship this thing to me this trip, but her family told me I could have it next time we head down there. (at begged her to at least bring the lens back)

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can anybody here tell what this is from these pictures?

[Bob Salomon]

From these shots, very old!

[Two23]

Could the hole on the lens board be for mounting a Packard shutter? The name plate above the lens reminds me of Kodak/ROC.


Kent in SD

[Louis Pacilla]

No guessing its a Ansco 8x10 studio camera w/ 28" bellows & an undersized Magic lantern lens all from around 1910-1920's. The sliding carriage w/ a 5x7 ground glass back is lying down behind the rear rail.

[Pfsor]

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can anybody here tell what this is from these pictures?

Looks to me like a pinky wash cloth, a towel, possibly made of plush terry and edged with cotton piping. Nothing to brag about, quite frankly.

[DrTang]

shed full of camera stuff?

I'd be on the highway within an hour

[David Lobato]

shed full of camera stuff?

I'd be on the highway within an hour

+1

[baronvonaaron]

Friend is on a flight back to brookyln right now, she managed to pack that stuff up so we can get it next time we're in town. At least she grabbed me that lens and some film holders.

[baronvonaaron]

I'll take some pictures of it later this evening when I get home, but I've kind of identifies the mystery lens:

The lens barrel is about 75-80mm wide, and about 7-9 inches long. the barrel that holds the two lens groups together is very polished alluminum, honestly I was surprised how clean and reflective that metal was after all these years, the flange and surrounding barrel (i dont know what these piece is called) looks like its brass plated metal (cause the brassy color is chipping off). While I was cleaning the dust off the thing I noticed the faintest faintest three letters marked onto the barrel: "eop" after combing thru lots of ebay images, I found an image that looked just like the typeface on those markings: "mcintosh stereopticon"

anybody played around with a mcintosh? the glass on this thing is in really good and clear condition, only one scratch on the rear group. Unfortunately, i think this thing is far too big to mount on my dinky 4x5 cameras, the bellows don't even extend far enough (i tried making making a lensboard out of extra matteboard i had)

[Louis Pacilla]

Like I said in my previous post it's a Magic lantern/stereopticon (Petzval) lens made for use on the front of a magic lantern slide/stereopticon projector but can certainly be used a portrait lens w/ fine results.
It was more then likely made in the late 1800's or early 1900's and should have the classic Petzval lay out w/ a glued pair in front and a air spaced pair in the rear. Here's a link to a McIntosh catalog on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/IllustratedCatalogueOfMagicLanternsImages

[baronvonaaron]

here come the pictures

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^here's where you can kind of see the brand marking. you almost have to let your eyes unfocus like a magic eye poster.

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really nice and clean glass

the only thing that's really wrong with it is that the lens hood on the front is cross threaded and stuck. i've tried unscrewing it as tough as i could by hand and nothing. I guess I'll just live with it.

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

No guessing its a Ansco 8x10 studio camera w/ 28" bellows & an undersized Magic lantern lens all from around 1910-1920's. The sliding carriage w/ a 5x7 ground glass back is lying down behind the rear rail.

My vote also.

[RJ-]

I wonder when you unscrew the pinion racking pin,the lens can be disassembled, front from rear elements, are you able to estimate the focal length of the front and rear parts of the lens. It does seem undersized for covering power, although some of the vintage oval and vignetted images were made this way.

The original brand mark on the lens goes beyond the visible spectrum.


RJ

[Steven Tribe]

Is the maker's identification the marks at the extreme left of the photo - the flange side?

It looks French to me - most large projection lenses from the UK/USA have raised focussing tracks.

You might get a better idea of the trademark text by filling the engraving/stampong with something like carbon black (from burning candles) which can be brushed off later without spoiling the finish/"patina!

The "figure" in the middle could some kind image of a native American - with feathers etc.