RB Auto Graflex (4 x 5 revolving back)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Folmer & Schwing Manf. Co. of New York
MANUFACTURER: Folmer & Schwing Division of EKC
MANUFACTURER: Folmer & Schwing Department of EKC
MANUFACTURER: Folmer-Graflex Corp.
MANUFACTURER: Graflex Inc.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1906
PRODUCTION DATES: 1906-1940
FILM TYPE: sheet, etc.
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $125.00 w/o lens
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 2600+
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: production start prior to available records
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: reflex
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: B&L Zeiss Tessar, Plastigmat, etc, to 8½" KA f/4.5, B&L, etc.
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "4x5"- 1906-41. Early models from 1906-1908 are styled like the
  original Graflex. Extensible front racks out on two rails; front
  flap covers lens. Later styles like the 3¼x4¼" size, but with
  3.75x3.75" lensboard." (McKeown, 1997).
  "The unit s/n 16556, was donated by Georgia O'Keeffe, and was used by
  Stieglitz. The unit s/n 55645 is the later version with dropping bed,
  18" bellows, rear-hinged top door with folding hood, much like all
  later RB Auto models. Single curtain focal plane shutter, rising
  front, Graflex back." (T. Holden, 1999).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F6686.00046

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp. 223.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//