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CHICAGO CAMERA CO.: Unusual 
“Photake” seamless cylindrical camera, 
c.1896, for exposures on 5 x 5cm glass 
plates; Achromat 120mm f14 lens with 
original viewfinder still present.
$1,500–2,000
1255
KODAK: “Studio Camera No. 1 10 x 8” 
large format studio camera, late-19th/
early-20th century, plate dimensions 
16.5 x 21.5cm, Taylor-Hobson Cooke 
Portrait Anastigmat Series IIB 20” f4.5 
brass lens [#189261] with cap, intact 
black bellows, on adjustable timber 
stand; height set to approx. 1.5m.
$3,000–5,000
1256
“No. 1 Special” folding camera, 
c.1900s, plate dimensions 10 x 13cm, 
Wollensak pneumatic shutter/lens, 
red bellows.
$150–200 ❖
1257
ROCHESTER OPTICAL 
CO.: “Pony Premo No. 
3” folding camera, 
c.1898, plate dimensions 
approx. 18 x 14cm, vivid 
red bellows, Wollensak 
pneumatic shutter.
$300–500
1258
CENTURY CAMERA CO.: 
Century 7.5 x 10cm glass plate camera, 
c.1900s, with Wollensak lens.
$200–300 ❖
1259
KODAK: “Pony Premo No. 7” folding 
camera, c.1902, plate dimensions 11.5 
x 17cm, Goerz 210mm lens, pneumatic 
shutter, red bellows.
$200–300 ❖
1260
KODAK: “3A Premo No. 9” folding 
camera, c.1910s, plate dimensions 
14 x 8cm, Bausch & Lomb pneumatic 
shutter; offered in original matching 
leather case marked “Premo” on 
handle, with four slide holders.
$250–350
1261
BUTCHER & SONS: “Stereolette” 
folding-bed stereo camera, c.1910s, 
plate dimensions 13 x 8.5cm, 
twin Aldis Uno Anastigmat f7.7 
lenses, waist-level finder.
$100–150 ❖
1262
CHICAGO FERROTYPE: “The 
Mandelette Post Card Camera”, c.1913, 
2½ x 3½ exposures, unusual direct 
positive street camera; enterprising 
owners of this camera were able 
to rove public areas producing real 
photo postcards in minutes for 
paying members of the public.
$200–400
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