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Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co. (New York, N.Y.)

 Organization

Administrative History

Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co, of New York was a camera producing company in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co. of New York was founded by William F. Folmer in 1898. The beginings of the company were selling gas lamps and bicycles. Later started to soley manufacture and sell cameras. In 1905 the company was purchased by George Eastman and in 1907 the name of the company was changed to "Folmer and Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak". The company was bough in 1973 by Toyo Co.

Citation:
Wikipedia, website viewed December 7, 2011 (Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co. of New York, NY; Folmer & Schwing Co., Rochester, NY; Folmer & Schwing Div., Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY; Folmer Graflex Corp., Rochester, NY; Graflex Inc., Rochester, NY; Graflex Inc., Div. General Precision Equipment, Rochester, NY; Graflex Inc., Div. SINGER CORPORATION; creation in 1898; founder William F. Folmer; bought by George Eastman in 1905; name change in 1907; company bought by Toyo Co. in 1973)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Press Graflex 5X7 camera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7972
Scope and Contents

This collection includes one Press Graflex 5X7 Camera manufactured by Folmer Schwing Div., Eastman Kodak Co. Along with six film cassettes.

Dates: 1891-1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Press Graflex 5X7 camera

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