Some time ago I bought this camera. It needs some sort of restoration as its been well used! I can either try to find out what it looked like and rebuild it as it originally was or slide in a 5" x 4" back (easy solution). Originally the space where the ground glass was (now missing) suggests that it was 6.25" x 6.25" format. Does anyone have any information regarding likely date, whether it was wet or dry plate and anyother data or links? I have the bellows which will just about serve as a template for replacements and it works fine (swing/rotation on the back, gear drive and front moves correctly. The ground glass holder had a bent hinge (rectified but has two hinges missing at the base of the rear of the camera and I'm unsure what these supported. I have two JHD lenses which I can fit to it. Any information gratefully received!
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