RE: poco cameras made for American Camera Mfg. Co.

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Hey Z,
I'm a little behind on this "American Camera" issue, but have you consulted Jenkins "Images and Enterprise"? He seems to know everything.

On Pages 180-181 he seems to use the two names interchangeably. Then on page 191 he talks about moving ACMC to Rochester and operating it as a separate company.

What do you think, American Camera and American Camera Manufacturing look like the same animal to you?

Geary  

-----Original Message-----
From: Milan Zahorcak
Sent: Mar 1, 2008 12:10 AM
To: "'Collectors of 19th Century Cameras & Photographica'"
Subject: RE: [W&B] poco cameras made for American Camera Mfg. Co.

Oh, Larry, it gets worse than that.

 

Rob and I have been trying to figure out the "American Camera" mystery for a couple of weeks now.

 

We absolutely positively know that there is an American Camera Manufacturing Company in Rochester - probably the one owned by EKC - we just don't know what they did for a living.  Same questions that you have.

 

But as to history, we're more confused than ever.

 

We first thought that there was an American Camera Company (owned by Blair in Northborough or Northboro) AND an American Camera Manufacturing Company, probably owned by EKC.

 

Then we decided that the American Camera Company became the American Camera Manufacturing Company after EKC bought ACC and moved it to Rochester.

 

Then we decided that there never was an American Camera Company at all - just some confusion over the original American Camera Manufacturing Company name - lots of circumstantial evidence for this . . .

 

But then it there is this . . . American Camera Company in Rochester.

 

And there are at least two other pics online of a camera with a name plate that reads "American Camera Company, Rochester, NY" as well as a couple with the "Made by" name plate for American Camera Manufacturing Company.

 

So, we're not quite back to square one - more like some negative number.  We've been losing ground steadily.

 

Eaton?  This is your sort of thing.  What's going on?

 

mz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: woodandbrass-bounces@... [mailto:woodandbrass-bounces@...] On Behalf Of mathew_brady@...
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:00 PM
To: Collectors of 19th Century Cameras & Photographica
Subject: [W&B] poco cameras made for American Camera Mfg. Co.

I read with great interest Milan's description of the manufacturer of his Triple Bed Poco (http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Wood-American-Camera-Mfg-4x5-Triple-Bed-Poco-19_W0QQitemZ230226352365QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). 

 

Not that I have any further information to add, but I have a very similar discussion which ends with a very similar headache as Milan's at http://www.fiberq.com/cam/roc/view2poco.htm.