FOLMER AND SCWING DIVISION, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

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FOLMER AND SCWING DIVISION, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
A 5 x 4 inch Naturalist Graflex camera no. 76988 with later two-position viewing hood and a Ross, London patent Telecentric f/6.8 17 inch lens no. 75527, in a fitted leather case.

Literature

Paine (1981), A review of Graflex cameras, p. 26.

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Lot Essay

The serial number dates the camera to c.1917-1918. The camera is essentially an elongated Auto Graflex camera and was made in very limited quantities. It was designed for the nature photographer. The two-position hood was introduced in 1908.

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