General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Bakelite, metal and plastic.

Dimensions

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

Length

11.2 cm

Width

2.7 cm

Height

7.5 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

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1940's & 1950's

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. The Kodak Bantam is, with the Jiffy, one of the last pocket folding cameras produced by Kodak. This example has its original Christmas gift tag and box.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

Had a Kodak Anastigmat f6 53mm lens with collapsible bellows. Produced 28 mm x 40 mm images on 828 film.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On locking mechanism: 'KODAK BANTAM/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT.'; Inside camera: 'USE KODAK/ FILM/ PANATOMIC F-828/ It gets the picture/ KODAK BANTAM/ MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONT./ PATENTS PENDING'

Missing

No.

Finish

Black box stripped 'deco' silver & white on black.

Decoration

N/A