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| − | |image_text= Blair Camera Co., Hawk-Eye Junior, c.1895 | + | |image_text= Blair Camera Co., [[Hawk-Eye Junior]], c.1895 |
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| − | '''The Blair Camera Co.''' was an American camera maker based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1879 it was '''Blair Tourograph Co.''', named after a camera type introduced in 1878. In 1890 it bought another Boston-based camera maker, the | + | '''The Blair Camera Co.''' was an American camera maker based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1879 it was '''Blair Tourograph Co.''', named after a camera type introduced in 1878. In 1890 it bought another Boston-based camera maker, the Boston Camera Company. From this company it took over the "Hawk-Eye" box camera series. In 1899 Blair became a division of [[Kodak]]. It was relocated to Rochester, New York, the home of Kodak. First the Hawk-Eye cameras were continued by Blair, later the camera type name was reused by Kodak for several later camera types. |
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|image_by= Allan Chaykin | |image_by= Allan Chaykin | ||
|image_rights= with permission | |image_rights= with permission | ||
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| + | |image_text= Blair No. 3 Folding Hawk-Eye Model 3 | ||
| + | |image_by= Donald Poirier | ||
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| − | + | * [[Baby Hawk-Eye (Blair)|Baby Hawk-Eye]] | |
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* Cincinnati | * Cincinnati | ||
* Champion | * Champion | ||
* Hawk-Eye Detective Camera | * Hawk-Eye Detective Camera | ||
| + | * [[Hawk-Eye Junior]] | ||
| + | * [[Lucidograph]] | ||
* Stereo Hawk-Eye | * Stereo Hawk-Eye | ||
| + | * Tourograph | ||
* Weno No.7 Hawk-Eye | * Weno No.7 Hawk-Eye | ||
| − | * Weno No.5 Hawk-Eye | + | * [[Weno No.5 Hawk-Eye]] |
| − | * Weno Stereo Camera | + | * [[Weno Stereo Camera]] |
* [[No. 3 B Folding Hawk-Eye]] | * [[No. 3 B Folding Hawk-Eye]] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | + | * [http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=953& Blair Camera Listing] at Historic Camera | |
| − | * [http:// | + | *[https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/00711/00711.pdf The European Blair Camera Co. Ltd catalog (pdf)] at [https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/ Pacific Rim Camera] |
| − | * [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/blair.htm Blair view cameras] at | + | * [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/blair.htm Blair view cameras] at [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam Field Cameras of the United States: 1879-1930] |
* [http://antiquecameras.net/1883blairenvelope.html Rare 1883 Blair Advertising Envelope] | * [http://antiquecameras.net/1883blairenvelope.html Rare 1883 Blair Advertising Envelope] | ||
| − | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/blairhawkeye.shtml Blair's Hawk-Eye Detective camera] at | + | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/blairhawkeye.shtml Blair's Hawk-Eye Detective camera] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv Scott's Photographica] |
| − | * [http://www.boxcameras.com/stereohawkeye.html Stereo Hawk-Eye Mod. 3 and 4 of Blair Camera Division] at | + | * [http://archive.is/www.boxcameras.com/stereohawkeye.html Stereo Hawk-Eye Mod. 3 and 4 of Blair Camera Division] at [http://archive.is/www.boxcameras.com BoxCameras.com] (archived) |
| − | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10445 Blair Weno Stereo] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | + | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10445 Blair Weno Stereo] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French) |
Latest revision as of 05:02, 31 May 2023
| photography related industry in Rochester (New York) |
| American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak |
| and in Rochester (Minnesota) |
| Conley |
| external links |
| graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's "Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)" |
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| Blair Camera Co., Hawk-Eye Junior, c.1895 image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights) |
The Blair Camera Co. was an American camera maker based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1879 it was Blair Tourograph Co., named after a camera type introduced in 1878. In 1890 it bought another Boston-based camera maker, the Boston Camera Company. From this company it took over the "Hawk-Eye" box camera series. In 1899 Blair became a division of Kodak. It was relocated to Rochester, New York, the home of Kodak. First the Hawk-Eye cameras were continued by Blair, later the camera type name was reused by Kodak for several later camera types.
Cameras
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| Blair folding Weno image by little kitten tattoo (Image rights) |
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| Blair No.3 Folding Weno Hawkeye image by Allan Chaykin (Image rights) |
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| Blair No. 3 Folding Hawk-Eye Model 3 image by Donald Poirier (Image rights) |
- Baby Hawk-Eye
- Cincinnati
- Champion
- Hawk-Eye Detective Camera
- Hawk-Eye Junior
- Lucidograph
- Stereo Hawk-Eye
- Tourograph
- Weno No.7 Hawk-Eye
- Weno No.5 Hawk-Eye
- Weno Stereo Camera
- No. 3 B Folding Hawk-Eye
Links
- Blair Camera Listing at Historic Camera
- The European Blair Camera Co. Ltd catalog (pdf) at Pacific Rim Camera
- Blair view cameras at Field Cameras of the United States: 1879-1930
- Rare 1883 Blair Advertising Envelope
- Blair's Hawk-Eye Detective camera at Scott's Photographica
- Stereo Hawk-Eye Mod. 3 and 4 of Blair Camera Division at BoxCameras.com (archived)
- Blair Weno Stereo at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
