American Optical Co.

American Optical Co. was a 19th century camera maker, based in New York and New Haven, USA. In 1871 it became a division of Scovill Mfg. Co., the division that made the better versions of Scovill's cameras, made of finer wood, with a better finish. American Optical made view cameras for an astonishing variety of exposure formats. The company still exists as maker of microscopes.

an American Optical wet plate camera

Links

• 1871 American Optical Co. Catalogue at antiquecameras.net
• big collection of AO cameras at Field Cameras of the United States [1]
• Camera models of 1892: Portrait Cameras [2], Irving Camera [3], Star View Cameras [4] at Historic Camera [5]
• [6] Historic Camera's Product Listing of American Optical Cameras