General Information

Serial #

21334

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Leather covered metal body. Cloth lined. Glass lens, elements and viewer.

Dimensions

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

Length

16.5 cm

Width

7.9 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.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A folding cartridge roll film camera that produced 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ inch images on 120 film using a Kodex shutter.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On front of camera: 'No. 2 FOLDING HAWK-EYE MODEL C/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT.'; On lens: 'EKC/ HAWK-EYE SHUTTER/ 20498/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ JAN. 18, 1910'; On winding knob: 'USE KODAK FILM 120'; Serial number '151887'.

Missing

Front lens missing

Finish

Metal is painted black, and has a wrinkle finish. Trim parts are nickel-plated. The leather on the camera and its' bellows is black.

Decoration

Small plaque on lower front denoting model and manufacturer.