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Vintage American Optical Company company view camera from around 1880's, together with an unmarked brass lens in a Bausch and Lomb Victor shutter. The rear opening on the camera is about 5x7", and it features a sliding back with a ground glass measuring around 4x5". The camera's movements work. The red bellows have small holes in the corners. The lens glass is clear with no noticeable scratches, haze or fungus. The shutter cocks and runs at different speeds, but is probably inaccurate. The lens board is retained in the camera on the lower side only, the top edge is not secured. The ...

   Film holder slide in another folder holder slide is missing, also includes a newer 8 x10 film holder not picture, outer cover wear. Vintage Queen & Company 8 X 10 Large Format Camera, Unicum Len. Includes: Camera, Unicum len & four film holders. Queen & Company, 101 Chestnut Street Phila. Despite Queen being a major scientific and photographic supplier in the late 1880's and early 1890's. Relatively few of their cameras or lenses are seen today. The item "Vintage Queen & Company 8 x10 Large Format Camera, Unicum Len" is in sale since Monday, August 16, 2021. This ...

   The piece with the glass on the back needs to be reattached to the camera.. That piece also has a broken hinge.. I'm not sure if the cloth cover (to the left of the camera in the first picture) is original to the piece. The lens reads J H Dallmeyer No. 1aa Rectilinear Patent No 27558 London. The item "The Blair Tourograph Dry Plate company BOSTON Mass camera J H Dallmeyer Lens" is in sale since Sunday, September 15, 2019. This item is in the category "Cameras & Photo\Vintage Movie & Photography\Vintage Cameras\Other Vintage Cameras". The seller is "abeandthebigboy" and ...