Antique Folmer & Schwing circa 1925(?)

[zacholio]

CAUTION:
I'm as green as they come to this subject.

I have an antique Folmer & Schwing camera that allegedly is circa 1925.

I am attaching photographs of the camera set up for initial viewing--I will be taking more, better pictures and posting them within a day or two.

QUESTION:
Does anyone know much about this camera?
All the research I attempted didn't produce much.

Any information would be great and your time is most certainly appreciated!~

The images can be viewed from the links below:

The following right-side-view image shows how the clips that suspend the accordion have come loose because the leather is so old--thus not suspending the accordion (for the lack of a word to describe it).

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns01.jpg

The following front-view image shows the lens information.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns02.jpg

The following left-side-view image shows the condition of the leather on the exterior of the box and the condition of the leather accordion.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns03.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the head-cover.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns04.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the rear platform.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns05.jpg

The following image shows the (broken) condition of the wood that attaches the camera to the secondary run-way (for the lack of a word to describe it).

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns06.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the rear-right side of the camera.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns07.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the top of the camera.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns08.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the primary "run-way," as it's supposed to look.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns09.jpg

The following image shows the condition of the primary "run-way" as it actually is--notice the screws pop out easily.

http://webweevers.com/fns/fns10.jpg

[Jon Shiu]

I would guess it dates from late 1890's, but you can look at the catalogs online to find your camera.

Jon

[Jim Jones]

The Folmer & Schwing company was founded in New York. Their first cameras in 1896 were more portable than the one pictured. By 1898 they were producing much larger cameras. In 1905 the company was bought by Kodak and renamed Folmer & Schwing Col, Rochester. The shutter was patented in 1900, although it is not necessarily original. The lens is probably a f/11 Rapid Rectilinear, used from 1866 until into the 1930s. The aperture scale is in the old U.S. system, not the modern f/numbers.

[zacholio]

Thank you both for your responses.
@Jon Shiu - How would I access "the catalogs" you were referring to? I don't know what search term to use.

[goamules]

Try here http://piercevaubel.com/cam/ekc.htm

[Jonathan Barlow]

That's a neat thing to find at a yard sale.

[zacholio]

@Jonathan - I was trying to sell it that day.