General Information

Serial #

46669

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Exterior covering- leather/ struts- metal/ body- metal, possibly aluminum/ handle- leather/ lens housing- metal & aluminum/ shutter housing- metal/ lens- glass/ bellows- leather & cloth/ viewfinder- metal frame and glass

Dimensions

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

Length

19.5 cm

Width

4.0 cm

Height

8.0 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 2½ X 4¼ inch images on 616 film using a Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens and a Kodamatic shutter (McKeown, 101).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S NAME & MODEL NAME ON METAL PLATE IN FOLDING BED, RAISED, BLOCK PRINTING, SILVER ON BLACK BACKGROUND/ 'KODAK' ON FOOT, RAISED, UPPER CASE AND/OR BLOCK PRINT, SILVER ON BLACK BACKGROUND

Missing

N/A

Finish

Exterior finishing- black/ lens housing- silver/ shutter housing- silver & black/ bellows- black/ viewfinder- black & colourless/ body- black/ handle- black/struts- silver & black

Decoration

N/A