Posted by Barry on November 19, 2000 at 17:12:34:
In Reply to: Re: Wooden Century Studio Camera w Wollensak Lens posted by Les on November 18, 2000 at 20:31:36:: From about 1890 to 1940 studio cameras didn't change a whole lot, after 1940 They painted the new ones grey instead of finishing them.
: The easiest way to tell is if there is any word of
: Folmer Graflex (1928-1944) Folmer & Schwing DEPARTMENT (1918-
1928) and Fomer & Schwing DIVISION (1905-1918)
: If the Vitax has a studio shutter, it was probably7 pat. in 1907. but used through the 20s.
: It may say somewhere on the camera inside, "made by Eastman Kodak, sucessor to Century Camera" then you could research when Century was bought out by Kodak.
: My gut feeling is it's probably from the teens to the 30s.