Rochester Optical Co.

Pony Premo No. 3 image by Bill Strong (Image rights)	Premo A image by Bill Strong (Image rights)	Pony Premo No. 4 image by Bill Strong (Image rights)	1908 ad for Premo Film Pack scanned by Uwe Kulick  (Image rights)
In 1883 the Rochester Optical Company was founded by W. F. Carlton when he took over the assets of camera maker William H. Walker. It invented and produced the famous "Pony Premo" view camera line, and viewfinder cameras for "Premo film pack". In 1899 it became participant of an unsuccessful merger of camera companies. The resulting company made losses and was taken over by Kodak in 1903. Kodak let the factory continue the Premo camera line. And soon it shared its house at 12 Caledonia Avenue with Kodak's other purchases Century and Folmer & Schwing.
Premo Jr. No.1 camera and Premoette Junior folder image by camera.etcetera (Image rights)		Cameras Premo Premo Sr. Stereo Pony Premo No. 1 Pony Premo No. 3 Pony Premo No. 4 Pony Premo No. 5 Pony Premo No. 6 Pony Premo No. 7 Pony Premo D Folding Film Premo Premoette New Model, New Model Improved Snappa Empire State Camera Cyclone Jr. and Cyclone Sr. Kenwood	Pony Premo No. 1 image by Bill Strong (Image rights)
Kodak Premo image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights)	Kodak's Premo series Film Premo (three sizes) Premoette Junior Premoette Kodak Cartridge Premo Filmplate Special Premo Pocket Premo C Premo No. 8 Premo No. 9

Links

• history of Rochester Optical Co. at Historic Camera
• Rochester Optical's field cameras at Field Cameras of the United States
• List of cameras from the Rochester Optical Co. with reference information at Historic Camera
• The "Rochester Folding Camera" of 1892 with "Rochester" shutter by David Silver

Premoette Jr. No.1 with achromatic lens image by Donna L. Burnett (Image rights)