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- OBJECT TYPE
- Rollfilm/Bellows
- DATE
- 1916–1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0717.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Autographic Kodak Junior 2C/A
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 109699
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal and wood with black leatherette cover (original, and in good to very good condition).
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.8 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- 4.5 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
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To record still images on photographic film. - Technical
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Produced two 7/8 x 4 7/8 inch images on A 130 film. Eastman Kodak bought the rights to Henry J. Gaisman's patent for this folding type camera, which was sold in various models between 1914 and 1932. It incorporated the Autographic feature that allowed the photographer to write information on the film at the time of exposure. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On front of camera: 'Kodak'; On back of camera: 'USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM/ NO. A-130'; 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-C AUTOGRAPHIC/ KODAK JR.'; Mfr. plate reads: 'MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'; Inside camera: 'NO. 2-C KODAK JUNIOR/ MODEL-A', and patent info.
- Missing
- Appears complete (one strip of leatherette missing).
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1916–1927, Artifact no. 1976.0717, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0717.001/
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