General Information

Serial #

16932

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal/ vinyl/ glass

Dimensions

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

Length

15.2 cm

Width

3.2 cm

Height

7.7 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 camera that produced 2¼ X 3¼ inch images on 620 film using a Kodak Anastigmatic f6.3 lens and a Kodon shutter (McKeown, 96).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RECTANGULAR METAL PLATE ON FOLDING BED WITH MODEL NAME AND MFR'S NAME, BLOCK PRINTING. Text on back reads: Open on while winding/text on winding key reads: Use Kodak film 620/Mfr's plate reads: Made in Canada vy Canadian Kodak Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Modified rectangular metal case covered with black slightly pebbled vinyl with ground glass lens enclosed in hexagon, metal lens housing

Decoration

N/A