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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROLLFILM/BELLOWS/FOLDING
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0332.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- MODEL
- Autographic Kodak 3A/C
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 508490
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL BODY, LENS HOUSING, PARTS; LEATHER CARRYING STRAP & BELLOWS; LEATHERETTE COVERING ON CASE; GLASS OPTICS; SYNTHETIC WINDOW; LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/.2 METAL BACK WITH LEATHERETTE COVERING/.3 GLASS & METAL LENS IN CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 14.2 cm
- Height
- 7.0 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1914-1924 & AFTER
- Canada
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POSSIBLY USED BY R.C. JACOBSEN, OF MSC (C. 1931-1951). JACOBSEN TOOK PART IN CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR EXPEDITION TO COPPERMINE, NWT (1932); WAS INVOLVED IN DESIGN OF MSC RADIOSONDE IN 1930'S; DESIGNED METEO INSTRUMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH HE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS OVER LAKE ONTARIO IN HIS OWN PLANE. - Function
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DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT. THIS CAMERA HAD FACILITY FOR USER TO INSCRIBE SIGNATURE OR ANY OTHER DESIRED INFORMATION ON FILM WHILE IT WAS IN CAMERA. - Technical
-
IN 1914 KODAK INTRODUCED NOVEL FEATURE: SMALL DOOR IN CAMERA BACK WHICH COULD BE OPENED TO WRITE ON SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHIC FILM WITH STYLUS PROVIDED. KODAK'S POPULAR FOLDING POCKET CAMERA BECAME AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK CAMERA. MODEL 3A WITH RAPID RECTILINEAR LENS & KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER WAS MADE BETWEEN 1914 & 1924. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATES IN CAMERA INTERIOR READING "MADE IN U.S.A./ BY/ EASTMAN/ KODAK COMPANY,/ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ U.S.A.", & "No. 3-A AUTOGRAPHIC/ KODAK/ MODEL C"/ ON PLATE READING "USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM/ NO. A-122" ON BACK/ PATENT NOS. INSCRIBED INSIDE BACK/ INCISED GOLD LETTERING ON SHUTTER READS "25B50T100/ EKC" & "KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER", ON LENS HOUSING "PATENTED IN U.S.A. JAN 18, 1910 JAN. 13, 1913", & ON LENS "RAPID RECTILINEAR. BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO."/.2 INCISED LETTERING READING "COMBINATION BACK/ FOR/ No. 3A FOLDING POCKET KODAK/ MANUFACTURED BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BLACK CASE COVERING, BELLOWS, STRAP, SHUTTER RELEASE CABLE; BLACK PAINTED LENS HOUSING; PLATED PARTS; COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS; RED SYNTHETIC; BROWN LEATHER CASE/.2COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS & BLACK PAINTED METAL; BROWN, BLACK, & ORANGE BOX
- Decoration
- .1 RAISED METALLIC "KODAK" ON BLACK GROUND ON FRONT SUPPORT, WITH INCISED "508480" ON OTHER SIDE; INCISED BLACK "KODAK" ON FINDER HOOD/ EMBOSSED "KODAK" ON STRAP/ MARKINGS CONT'D:.3 INCISED GOLD "NO. 5" & "EKCO"; HAND INCISED "EFJ"; RED "5" ON BOX WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "KODAK/ PORTRAIT/ ATTACHMENT/ MANUFACTURED BY/ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ TRADE MARKS REG. U.S. PATENT OFFICE"
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