E. & H.T. Anthony. New York, N.Y.
Scott R78a
1862-71 5c Certificate & 20c Inland Exchange, red
two different, a blue cds & ms cancels and a black SON cds, F

The photographic supply business founded by Edward Anthony in 1847 became the largest supplier of photographic materials in America in the 19th century. This included not only photographic papers, glass, and chemicals, but also cameras, enlargers, apparatus, studio props, and publications. The company was also the foremost publisher of stereo views in the United States with an inventory of over 11,300 titles. Henry T. Anthony joined his younger brother in the enterprise in 1862 and the firm became E. & H. T. Anthony & Company in 1863.

The company was significantly engaged in the business of publishing photographic images, mainly cartes-de-visite and stereo views. Mathew Brady engaged the company to publish his carte-de-visite portraits in the "Brady's Album Gallery" series. During the American Civil War, the company published images provided by George S. Cook in Charleston and by Brady in Washington, D.C., among others.

Brady also acquired financial backing and photographic supplies from the company, using his negatives as a form of collateral and initially, the company had an arrangement with him whereby they published his images and Brady would receive royalties. As his financial problems escalated, the number of Brady's negatives in the possession of the company grew and after 1873, Brady gave up all rights to the negatives. The company published many of the Brady stereo views in the 1870s, including the series "War Views" and "War for the Union."

In 1877, the firm was reorganized as a corporation, with Anthony as president, his brother as vice-president, and Colonel V. M. Wilcox as manager and secretary. After the death of both brothers, Wilcox became president, Richard A. Anthony (son of Edward Anthony) vice-president, and Frederick A. Anthony (Edward's nephew) secretary.

In 1902, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., merged with Scovill & Adams Company of New York, Columbian Photo Paper Company, Monarch Paper Company, and Goodwin Film & Camera Co., to form Anthony & Scovill.

In 1907, the company's name was shortened to Ansco. In a 1928 merger with Agfa, the company Agfa-Ansco was formed but in 1943 the company reverted back to the Ansco name. In 1967, the name was changed to General Aniline & Film Corporation. source: https://archives.eastman.org/repositories/2/resources/72https://archives.eastman.org/repositories/2/resources/72