General Information

Serial #

36642

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal, synthetic, and glass.

Dimensions

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

Length

16.2 cm

Width

8.9 cm

Height

19.7 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.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A rollfilm camera that produced 2 ¼ x 4 ¼ images on 116 film. It is one of the first cameras to incorporate an adjustable range finder. It had an Achromatic meniscus lens and a Kodex shutter.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Back of camera: 'USE "KODAK" FILM/ NO A 116'; Mfr. Plate reads: 'NO. 1-A POCKET KODAK/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONTARIO'

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A