[W&B] 4x5 RCCo Poco ???

[Milan Zahorcak]

OK, so who is/are our resident Rochester Camera Company expert(s)?
 
For reasons that I don't fully understand . . . well, it does have a lens on
it . . . I have the following camera:
 
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/milanpub/Misc-pics/RCC-Poco.jpg
 
Since this thing doesn't appear anywhere on Larry's website, I know it is
just impossibly incredibly rare.
 
The body stampings indicate that it is a Rochester Camera Company "Poco
Camera" with a July 21, 1896 patent date.
 
The shutter markings say that it is a RCCo Poco with a 4x5 WA lens (yeah!).
 
I used to have the folding version of the Gem Poco many years ago, but the
Gem had a simple shutter built into a polished wood lens board - and this
guy looks very similar to me.
 
Of course, that rat Hufstedler (probably assisted by his partner in crimes
against Slovaks, Ehrman) yellow-dotted my RCCo Poco catalogs years ago - he
will NEVER get his #1 Panoram print frame back!  He could at least have the
decency to look this up.
 
But failing that, who else has a catalog?  Specific questions:
 
1:  What is the model name, and year.
 
2.  What is the name and/or model of the shutter?  Who made it?
 
Naturally, this is a prized family heirloom and I will never sell it . . . I
love it when they say that on the Antiques Roadside.  Never or eBay in two
weeks, whichever comes first. 
 
Thanks,
 
mz
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