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* [[Albion]]
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* Club<ref>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C652.html Full-plate Club] field camera (it was also made in half-plate size) at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref>
* Field ''(“Best value in the world”)''
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* Field (''“Best value in the world”'')
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* Instanto<ref>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C653.html Quarter-plate Instanto] tailboard camera (the Instanto was made in sizes up to full plate) at ''Early Photography''.</ref>
 
* President
 
* President
 
* Stereograph
 
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In 1905 they advertised a leather-covered ¼-plate folding camera named the “Foldette” which was also available as a Triple Extension Foldette.
 
In 1905 they advertised a leather-covered ¼-plate folding camera named the “Foldette” which was also available as a Triple Extension Foldette.
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==Notes==
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Revision as of 19:33, 23 December 2012


E & T Underwood manufactured cameras at their Brunswick Works, 130-2 Granville Street, Birmingham from the early 1890s.
In an 1896 advertisement they listed field cameras for ¼-plate, ½-plate and 1/1-plate with many names including:

  • Albion
  • Club[1]
  • Field (“Best value in the world”)
  • Instanto[2]
  • President
  • Stereograph

There were also magazine cameras with the names:

  • Argosy
  • Automat
  • City
  • Idler
  • Sphynx

In 1905 they advertised a leather-covered ¼-plate folding camera named the “Foldette” which was also available as a Triple Extension Foldette.


Notes

  1. Full-plate Club field camera (it was also made in half-plate size) at Early Photography.
  2. Quarter-plate Instanto tailboard camera (the Instanto was made in sizes up to full plate) at Early Photography.