Posted 8 years ago
rlmccro
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I just bought this today and am not sure what if is. The front is marked AGFA on it. the back is marked Ansco Corp. on a brass plate. It looks a lot like an Anthony Imperial Camera from 1877. This camera has 2 set of bellows on it. The glass plate on the back is 5X7. If you have a clue what this is please let me know. I really haven't been able to find anything like this??????
That's a monster unless you have doll-house furniture !
This is a descendant of the Anthony Climax studio camera. Anthony and Scovill merged and in 1907 the name was shortened to ANSCO. ANSCO later merged with Agfa to create Agfa-ANSCO in 1928.
Overall, this is a studio view camera, probably 8 x 10 or 11 x 14, with a 5 x 7 reducing back. The camera is very long to accommodate the focal length of the larger format lenses. The camera is so long that a single bellows could collapse on itself, therefore adding a middle standard and using two bellows made the camera more durable.