Dallmeyer 3b serialnumber. Date ??

[alex from holland]

Hi all,

a few months ago i bought myself a dallmeyer 3b complete with it's original set of waterhousestops
the serialnumber is 36530.
Can somebody tell me when this lens was made ?? Just curious.

thanks

alex

[BarryS]

Nice find! Approximately 1886 according to http://www.antiquecameras.net/petzvallens.html With any luck, Sean MacKenna, keeper of the Dallmeyer archive, will drop by and confirm the sale date and original buyer.

[seananton]

Left workshop January 17th. 1885

[Chauncey Walden]

So my Rectilinear 1a at 40877 must be within a couple of years of this one.

[Mark Sawyer]

And could anyone date 3B #84266? An early 20th century lens is all I can guess.

[alex from holland]

Left workshop January 17th. 1885

wow,

thanks. That's nice to know

would love to see your website, but the link does not work

alex
www.collodion-art.blogspot.com

[Steven Tribe]

Mark, I seem to remember that Seán's ledgers only cover the 19th Century.

[Mark Sawyer]

Mark, I seem to remember that Seán's ledgers only cover the 19th Century.

Oh, poop. Thanks anyways, Steven!

[DopinG]

Please, give me some information about dallmeyer 3b s/n 69989. Thanks!

[Steven Tribe]

62000 was reached in 1900 - so this will be soon afterwards. Perhaps 1902/3/4?