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OBJECT TYPE: PORTRAIT
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0332.003

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Co.
MODEL: 5
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal and glass lens in a cardboard box

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
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: 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: Unknown
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: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: Clear glass lens in a black ring with an orange, black and brown box.
Decoration: N/A

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Eastman Kodak Co., Lens, 1920, Artifact no. 1993.0332, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0332.003/

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