Waterbury View

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Scovill Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1886
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1886-1894
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZES:
  5 x 8 in.
  5 x 7
  4 x 5
  6 x 8
  8 x 10
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Waterbury landscape lens
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes

NOTES:
  "This was a popular camera, made in at least 7 sizes from 4x5 to 8x10
  inch. Usually supplied with Waterbury lens in brass barrel. Most often
  found in the 5x8 inch size. c1886-94. Horizontal format. Light wood
  finish." McKeown, 1997.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: S4322.00002

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Scovill Manufacturing Co. --How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List.-- New York: Scovill Manufacturing Co., 1887 April. pp 32.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 389.//