General Information

Serial #

317104

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body covered with leather/ metal casings & fittings/ fabric bellows/ glass lens/ plastic window

Dimensions

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

Length

16.0 cm

Width

4.0 cm

Height

9.2 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

1946

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 self-erecting folding rollfilm camera that produced 2¼ X 3¼ inch images on 620 film using a Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens and a Flash Kodamatic shutter (Coe, 142-143).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'KODAK' APPEARS IN SILVER PRINT ON LIFT TAB ON CAMERA FRONT/ 'Open only while winding' APPEARS IN SILVER PRINT ON WINDOW COVER/ LABEL INSIDE CAMERA BACK: 'Use Kodak 620 film...Caution. This camera does not take 120 film Patented in Canada 1934 1936 1938 printed in U.S.A. No. 69931'/ MFR'S INFO APPEARS ON PLATE INSIDE FRONT OF CAMERA

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK BODY/ SILVER-COLOURED FIXTURES

Decoration

N/A