Climax Portrait Camera

large field camera on wheels image by Zane Healy (Image rights)

The Anthony Climax Portrait Camera was a kind of huge field camera. Maybe it should be called a mobile studio camera. In fact it was a studio camera mounted on a wheelbarrow. It could be used for wet plate or tintype photography. It was capable of taking up to 16x16" photos.

Dana Geraths, loading a wet plate in plate holder image by Zane Healy (Image rights)