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- OBJECT TYPE
- Rollfilm/Strut
- DATE
- 1935–1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0322.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Jiffy Kodak V.P. (Vest Pocket)
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Plastic.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 7.6 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kodak
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic. The small size of this camera made it perfect for a purse or vest pocket. - Function
-
To records still images on photographic film. - Technical
-
A collapsing roll film camera that produced 1 5/8 x 2 ½ inch images 127 roll film. It had a Doublet fixed focus lens with two aperture settings but no adjustments for shutter speed. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On side of camera: 'JIFFY KODAK V.P./ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT.'
- Missing
- No
- Finish
- Black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1935–1942, Artifact no. 1970.0322, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0322.001/
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