Thanks, my problem is, at some point, the camera name plate was removed to install a flash synch socket (connected to the internal Packard shutter) that's why I had such a hard time id'ing the camera.
The 1A stand is marked Folmer & Schwing Dept of EK. so your data does narrow it down alot.
So, my No 1 Semi Centennial stand, labeled Folmer & Schwing Dept Eastman Kodak, was made between 1917-25. The camera could have been used to shoot my parents wedding portraits in 1938!
The latest issue of View Camera Magazine, (Jan- Feb 2012) has an article about a new book by Jay Allen, on the Century Studio cameras.
I am using the same type of camera, I have disabled the shutter and using a lens cap for time as most of my work is 2 steamboats or longer, I really like this type of camera.
Right now I have one lens but see getting more and maybe upgrading some time to a shutter for portraits.
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