Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co., Rochester, NY
Competitor Camera, Penny Picture Outfit
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, lacquer finish
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 without. The Penny Picture Outfit was an 8×10 version of the Competitor camera, and the special multiple back and other equipment.
References:
Seneca Plate & Film Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog, 1906, pp. 22-23
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1907, p. 25
Seneca Plate, Film & View Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1908, p. 34
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1909
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, p. 42
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog N, c. 1914, pp. 38-39
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. 35
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog R, c. 1918, p. 27
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1919
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
Seneca Cameras, Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, NY) Catalog V, c. 1922, pp. 32-33
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Co. Catalog, 1925
