General Information

Serial #

14034

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal, leatherette, and glass.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.3 cm

Width

8.3 cm

Height

3.8 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. This camera came from the Ottawa Boys Club. Originally founded in 1923, The Ottawa Boys Club offered young boys a place to have fun and to socialize, keeping them off the streets and away from crime. The clubs still exists today as the Ottawa-Carleton Boys and Girls Club.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

This roll film folding bed camera had the lens behind the two-speed Kodak ball bearing shutter, a fully adjustable aperture and two focus pre-sets. It produced 2 ½ x 4 ¼ images on 116 film.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On leather strap: 'NO. 2A FOLDING CARTRIDGE PREMO'; On back: 'USE FILM/ No. 116'; Info. on lens: 'EKC [Co. logo]/ KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ JAN. 18, 1910. JAN. 7, 1913.'; Name plate reads: 'NO. 2-A FOLDING/ CARTRIDGE/ PREMO'; Mfr. plate reads: 'MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN/ KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'; For patent info. see inside of camera.

Missing

Front lens missing. Pull knob for bellows is missing. Closing/opening latch for front panel is broken off. Viewfinder missing.

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A