General Information

Serial #

57195

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ PLASTIC/ CHROME/ ALUMINUM/ LEATHERETTE/ CLOTH

Dimensions

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

Length

12.1 cm

Width

5.4 cm

Height

24.6 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

Several Autographic Kodak Special cameras were used during the First World War where military versions were supplied with brown leather and brass or anodised fitting instead of nickel plating (Coe, 85). 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

First camera with rangefinder (Coe, 105). A folding rollfilm camera that produced 3¼ X 5½ inch images on 112 film using a Kodak Anastigmatic f/6.3 lens (Coe, 85).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Text on back metal plate reads; Use Autographic film No. A122/Mfr's plate reads: Made in Canada by Canadain Kodak Co. Limited, Toronto, Canada/13664/Text on metal plate beow lends reads: 3A Autographic Kodak Special Model B/16112.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A