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19th Century Pioneer "Amature" Box Camera: Trokonet / Photo Materials Co., Rochester, New York

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"Trokonet" (1893 - 1894) / KODAK... Trokonet was Acquired by Eastman Kodak in 1898

19th Century Pioneer "Amature" Box Camera: Trokonet / Photo Materials Co., Rochester, New York

1890's Photo-Materials Company Trade Card SR.H.pmc

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circa 1893 - 1894

Trokonet / Photo Materials Co., Rochester, New York

The Photo Materials Company, Rochester, New York ...1893-1894 / Folding Advertising Card, Folder

"No glass plates to break, simply touch the lever, turn the key." Inside: Trokonet picture of Niagara Falls, etc.

"Lantern Slides / Photographic Papers / Magazine Cameras / Film, Photographic Papers...

SIZE: Opens to Approx. 9 x 3.5 inches - Condition... any flaws as shown. Please study the scans.

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Trokonet Acquired by Eastman Kodak in 1898.

- Photo Material's cameras are almost never seen today,

no doubt due to a brief and limited production run and the company's short-lived existence.

- The Photo Materials Company was incorporated in 1892 by Henry M. Reichenbach.

- In June of 1893, the Trokonet Camera series was introduced for hand or tripod use.

The camera's magazine would accept either twelve glass plates or twenty-four cut films. The cameras featured

beautiful wood interiors, and were covered in morocco leather.
- Despite the cameras progressive features and outstanding build quality, sales were not great;

production ended in 1894. Relatively few were probably sold, based on the

scant number estimated to exist in private collections and few have surfaced in the last twenty-five years.

The firm manufactured other photographic materials until acquired by Eastman Kodak in 1898.

This card comes from the Legendary Steve Rotman Trade Card Collection.

Steve Rotman assembled one of the most substantial card collections in the world.

His interests ran from Bubble Gum Sports Cards to ultra-rare 19th Century Clipper Ship Cards.

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All cards from the Steve Rotman collection will include an "SR" inventory number.

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