Lot Essay
The serial number dates this camera to c.1917-1918. The two position hood was introduced in 1908.
Details
FOLMER & SCHWING DIVISION, Rochester, NY
A 5 x 4 inch Naturalist Graflex camera no. 76988 with a later two-position viewing hood and a Ross, London patent Telecentric f/6.8 17 inch lens no. 75527, in a fitted leather case.
A 5 x 4 inch Naturalist Graflex camera no. 76988 with a 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.