8x10 Century Universal Camera, 1929 Minstrel Shows Label dates back to teh

Label dates back to teh 1930's

killed by Emswyler and Bill Dupont and photographed in 1909

Created in 1921 by the Natioal Photo Company on 4x5 glass plate negative

Result Three killed by Speeding Car at dark corner

A great gift for a hometown resident or a friend that's moved away

8x10 Century Universal Camera, 1929 Minstrel Shows Label dates back to tehThis is one of my favorite cameras. The Century Universal 8x10, patented by C. H. Roth, was one of the most versatile large format cameras of it's day. I like to call it the "poor man"s Deardorf. While the Deardorf is a beautiful camera the CU had a longer bellows draw, more rear movements, was lighter, and came with a fails safe rear level (an arrow on a nail that always pointed down). When I did my research on Berenice Abbott's work on Changing New