Descriptive catalogue and price list of the photographic apparatus manufactured by Rochester Optical Company, W.F. Carlton, proprietor and manager
An 1889 descriptive catalogue and price list from the Rochester Optical Company of Rochester, New York, issued to sell its photographic apparatus to amateur and professional photographers. The pictures are plain black-and-white wood engravings of equipment: a closed box with a hinged lid, a wooden rack with a tilted board, and a set of collapsible tripod stands. Their crisp line hatching and clear outlines show how 19th-century trade catalogues drew manufactured objects, a useful reference for technical product illustration.
