8x10 Century Universal Camera, 1929 Minstrel Shows Created in 1921 by the

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

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8x10 Century Universal Camera, 1929 Minstrel Shows Created in 1921 by theThis 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