Antique Eastman View Camera No. 2 Improved Empire State 1914 - 1920
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:400973 |
Antique Eastman View Camera No.2 Improved Empire State 1914-1920Date Introduced: 1904 (as Century View No. 2); 1914 (as Eastman View Camera No. 2); Years Manufactured: c.1914-1925
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; burgundy fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7, 6 ½x8... ½, 8x10, 7x11
Notes: In the 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 Premo Cameras catalogs, this camera is called The Empire State No. 2. Then, in the 1914 catalog, its name is changed to Eastman View No. 2. By 1923, the Eastman View No. 2 has been replaced by the Eastman View No. 2d. There is an Eastman View No. 1, but as a rather strange difference, the bed in the No. 1 is made rigid via a thumbscrew, whereas in the No. 2 it is the EKC quick-connect; one would think that production costs would be served by having all the connectors the same, but perhaps the quick-connect is one of the features for which one would pay more for the No. 2.
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lens board
Materials: mahogany wood body; cherry base; burgundy fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 5x7, 6 ½x8... ½, 8x10, 7x11
Notes: In the 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 Premo Cameras catalogs, this camera is called The Empire State No. 2. Then, in the 1914 catalog, its name is changed to Eastman View No. 2. By 1923, the Eastman View No. 2 has been replaced by the Eastman View No. 2d. There is an Eastman View No. 1, but as a rather strange difference, the bed in the No. 1 is made rigid via a thumbscrew, whereas in the No. 2 it is the EKC quick-connect; one would think that production costs would be served by having all the connectors the same, but perhaps the quick-connect is one of the features for which one would pay more for the No. 2.
