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- OBJECT TYPE
- Rollfilm/Bellows
- DATE
- 1914–1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0275.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Autographic Kodak Junior 1A
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 341555
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Body is made of wood and metal covered with seal-grain leather. The bellows are made of black leather. The track and bed are made of metal. all parts are nickeled or black enameled.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 9.8 cm
- Height
- 4.2 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 bellows type folding camera with 130mm lens, speeds 1 - 1/100 second, that produced 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch images on 116 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
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Inside camera: 'NO. 1 A KODAK JUNIOR/ MODEL-A', 'LICENSED/ FOR USE ONLY/ WITH/ EASTMAN/ AUTOGRAPHIC FILM', and patent information; On back of camera: 'USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM / NO. A-116'; On leg/bed support: 'Kodak' and serial number '341555'; Around lens: 'EKC', and 'KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ JAN. 18, 1910, JAN. 7, 1913.'; On name plate: 'No. 1-A AUTOGRAPHIC/ KODAK JR.'; On mfr. plate: 'MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN/ KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'.
- Missing
- Cable release.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1914–1927, Artifact no. 1982.0275, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0275.001/
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