Posted 5 months ago
rniederman
(352 items)
New to my collection, taking over 25-years in trying to find any version. (I first became aware of this specific camera in 2000 when helping a friend acquire it.) Regardless, it is rarely seen and mostly unknown to camera collectors.
This is the first monorail camera made in America. It's the small 3.25 x 4.25 inch format model and, at this time, the only known example. The other five known cameras are the larger 4 x 5 inch format.
The camera came with documented provenance back to the time a daily newspaper in Northeastern Massachusetts bought it in the early 1880s from Jas. W. Queen & C0., Phila.





Thanks!
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Very beautiful
Thx, Sean!