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What camera equipment did Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly use?

by | Nov 5, 2012 | Inside History

What camera equipment did Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly use?   Amber JonesAbingdon, Maryland We don’t have much information on his camera equipment. C.S. Fly’s Photo Gallery in Tombstone, Arizona, owns a Rochester Optical camera that belonged to his wife, Mollie. It probably dates to the 1890s, prior to the company being purchased by Eastman Kodak. It is a good bet that C.S. and Mollie (who took a lot of the indoor photos) were using camera devices made in Rochester, New York, the camera


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