Vintage Anthony & Scovill Co Folding Camera Ansco No. 6 - WOLLENSAK LENS -
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:49978259 | Model: No. 6 |
| Color: Black | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Brand: Ansco |
This is a interesting camera. The workmanship is amazing. Lens, appurature and speed dials work. Great camera for display. Not sure if one could get film for it.
Will be shipped USPS in padded envelope.
Lens by WOLLENSAK OPT. CO - ROCHSTER NEW YORK
The following information is from Drum and Drum Real Estate:
ANSCO FOLDING CAMERA #6SHARE Published 01/24/18 UncategorizedPrior to and during the Civil War, the Anthony company of Wat...erbury, CT, manufactured photographic equipment. Sometime in the last half of the 1800’s it merged with the photographic division of the Scovill company, another manufacturer of camera equipment. The new company was called ANSCO.The horizontal style folding rollfilm ANSCO camera pictured above was manufactured about 1905. This amazingly compact, well-made, wood camera delivered surprisingly large 4 x 5 negatives on Ansco #10 rollfilm. It was a versatile camera. Photographs could be taken on standard rollfilm, special "focusing" Vidil rollfilm, or on standard glass plates when fitted with the accessory dry plate attachment.The Ansco No. 6 and a few similar Ansco models are historically interesting for their ability to accept Ansco Vidil Focusing Film, or Vidil film for short. Vidil film may be the most unusual form of rollfilm ever manufactured. A roll of Vidil film consisted of alternating sheets of film and viewing screens, for a total of 12 each per roll. The viewing screens were made of a translucent parchment-like paper. Cameras capable of loading Vidil film required a special camera back. But the Vidil back did not preclude the use of standard rollfilm. Two sizes of standard Ansco No. 10 rollfilm fit this camera. Size 10A produced 6 exposures per roll and size 10B, 10 exposures.
Will be shipped USPS in padded envelope.
Lens by WOLLENSAK OPT. CO - ROCHSTER NEW YORK
The following information is from Drum and Drum Real Estate:
ANSCO FOLDING CAMERA #6SHARE Published 01/24/18 UncategorizedPrior to and during the Civil War, the Anthony company of Wat...erbury, CT, manufactured photographic equipment. Sometime in the last half of the 1800’s it merged with the photographic division of the Scovill company, another manufacturer of camera equipment. The new company was called ANSCO.The horizontal style folding rollfilm ANSCO camera pictured above was manufactured about 1905. This amazingly compact, well-made, wood camera delivered surprisingly large 4 x 5 negatives on Ansco #10 rollfilm. It was a versatile camera. Photographs could be taken on standard rollfilm, special "focusing" Vidil rollfilm, or on standard glass plates when fitted with the accessory dry plate attachment.The Ansco No. 6 and a few similar Ansco models are historically interesting for their ability to accept Ansco Vidil Focusing Film, or Vidil film for short. Vidil film may be the most unusual form of rollfilm ever manufactured. A roll of Vidil film consisted of alternating sheets of film and viewing screens, for a total of 12 each per roll. The viewing screens were made of a translucent parchment-like paper. Cameras capable of loading Vidil film required a special camera back. But the Vidil back did not preclude the use of standard rollfilm. Two sizes of standard Ansco No. 10 rollfilm fit this camera. Size 10A produced 6 exposures per roll and size 10B, 10 exposures.
