Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera, Variation 1 (brass)
(Ingento View Camera No. 2)
(Ideal View Camera)
(The Professional)
Date Introduced: 1907 ; Years Manufactured: 1907-c.1925
Construction: back focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of the base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back; shifting front standard
Materials: mahogany-finished wood (but not mahogany), lacquered polished brass hardware, leatherette bellows
Sizes Offered: 5×7; 6.5×8.5; 8×10
Notes: canvas case holds camera and six holders. The camera came with shifting front or not. The Penny Picture Outfit includes a Competitor camera, special multiple back and other equipment.
References:
Seneca Plate & Film Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1906, pp. 22-23
Photographic Apparatus & Supplies, Burke & James (Chicago, IL) Catalogue No. 10, 1906-1907, p. 28 (as the Ideal View Camera)
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1907, p. 24-25
Seneca Film, Plate and View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1908, p. 33
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1909
Photographic Supplies and Cameras 1909-1910, Sunset Photo Supply Co. (San Francisco, CA) Catalog, 1909, pp. 36
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog J, 1910, pp. 34-36
Catalog of Cameras, Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Oklahoma Photo Supply Co. (Oklahoma City OK), c. 1910, p. 28 (as the Ingento View Camera No. 2)
Cameras and Supplies, J.L. Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog No. 12, c. 1910, p 15 (as the Professional Camera)
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog K, 1911, pp. 38-40
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog L, 1912, pp. 41-42
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog M, 1913, pp. 39-42
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog N, c. 1914, pp. 36-37
National Cameras and Supplies, J.L. Lewis (New York, NY) Catalog, c. 1915, pp. 20-21 (as The Professional)
Cameras and Photo Supplies, Northern Photo Supply Co. (Fargo, ND) Catalog H, c. 1915, p. 26
Photographic Advertising from A-Z, p. 356 (in a Charles William Stores ad, as The Seneca View).
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog P, c. 1916, pp. 35-36
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog Q, c. 1917, pp. 27
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918, p. 27
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog S, c. 1918, p. 23
Kodaks, Cameras, Supplies and Other Standard Merchandise, Catalogue No. 102, David Stern Company, Chicago, IL, c. 1918, p. 16
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog T, 1919, pp. 26
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919-1920, p. 33
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921; Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.32
Catalog of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, Chicago Photo Supply House (Chicago, IL), c. 1921, p. 5 (as the Ideal View Camera)
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog V, c. 1922, pp. 32-33
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1925
