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Help dating Bausch&Lomb-Zeiss Tessar

 
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DHF845



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:14 pm    Post subject: Help dating Bausch&Lomb-Zeiss Tessar Reply with quote

Recent addition of 5x7 inch Top-Handle Spd.Graphic to collection. Camera appears to be all-original. Ser. No. was scratched off long ago. Think dating lens may help.
It is: "5x8 Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss Tessar Series 1c No.1915639". Barrel-mount with 5-screw flange, board labelled 'B' in pencil on upper right corner. Serial number doesn't correspond to B & L serial no. records I have found. Can anyone help?
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Dan Fromm



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck. There's one B&L chronology floating around on the internet. I won't give you directions to it because it is not consistent with the few B&L lenses I've been able to date crudely, e.g., pre-1915.

As far as I know no reliable B&L chronology is available. There's also no reliable Wollensak chronology.
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DHF845



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:00 pm    Post subject: 5x8 Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss Tessar Reply with quote

Dan-I found the B&L s.n. list online. You're right. Doesn't help date B.&L.Tessar's made under license.
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