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OBJECT TYPE: ROLLFILM/STRUT
DATE: 1937–1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0303.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
MODEL: JIFFY KODAK SIX-20/SERIES II
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Exterior covering - leather/ body - metal/ lens and shutter housing - metal/ lens - glass/ bellows - leather/ viewfinder - metal frames & glass/ struts - metal/ metal hardware/ cardstock box

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 4.5 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknonw
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 collapsing roll film camera that produced 2¼ X 3¼ inch images on 620 film using a twindar lens and a built-in shutter (McKeown, 90).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: AROUND LENS: 'TWINDAR LENS/ 5 TO 10 FEET [UP ARROW] [UPARROW] BEYOND10 FT.'/ BY VIEWFINDER: 'T I'/ BELOW HANDLE: 'JIFFY KODAK/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED./ TORONTO, ONT./ LOCK/ SIX/ 20/ SERIES/ II/ OPEN'/ ON BACK: 'OPEN ONLY/ WHILE/ WINDING'/ DECAL INSIDE: 'Use/ KODAK/ 620/ FILM/ [FILM BOX]/ CAUTION: THIS CAMERA/ DOES NOT TAKE 120 FILM/ PATENTS U.S.A./ 1,908,531/ 1,925,567/ 1,939,210/ 1,950,884/ 1,966,313/ CANADA 1934/ T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ PRINTED IN U.S.A. NO. 98870'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Exterior body - black marbled/ metal painted gloss black or chromed
Decoration: Mfr's name on metal plate below handle/ lens name on plate around lens.

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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1937–1948, Artifact no. 1988.0303, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0303.001/

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