Underwood

"Albion" ¼-plate 1895 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)

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
• Field (“Best value in the world”)
• Instanto
• 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.