General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body, nickel trim. Leatherette covering. Cloth bellows. Plastic top housing.

Dimensions

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

Length

16.9 cm

Width

4.8 cm

Height

10.0 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

1951-1958

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 folding roll film camera that produced 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ images on 620 film. It had an Anaston lens f 4.5 - 105 mm lens and a Kodak flash shutter.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On camera face: 'Kodak [Co. logo]', 'KODAK Tourist II CAMERA', and the number 'M-52-2' scratched into the plastic; On name plate/lens board: 'KODAK TOURIST/ CAMERA/ T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.'; On back of camera: ''M-52-2' scratched into metal plate'; On base: 'M-53-2' burned into the plastic; Inside camera: 'LOAD WITH/ Kodak 620 Film/ THIS CAMERA/ DOES NOT TAKE 120 FILM', 'CAN. PATS. PEND. . MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED/ TRADE MARK REG. CAN. PAT. OFF.'.

Missing

None

Finish

Black leatherette, body and bellows. Grey top housing.

Decoration

N/A