General Information

Serial #

14601

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal with leather covering; Glass lenses

Dimensions

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

Length

24.5 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

5.5 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

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Approximately 1913 to 1930's

Canada

Used by J.R. Cox (assistant geographer) Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916 and for subsequent work in India, Africa and South America. Camera delivered by Dr. Stuart Jenness, son of Dr. Diamond Jenness, renowned Canadian anthropologist & colleague of J.R. Cox on the Expedition of 1913-18. It had been given to him by J.R. Cox's daughter, Jane Grey.

Function

A folding rollfilm hand camera using 122 film size for pictures 3 1/4" X 5 1/2".

Technical

Introduced in 1910, the special kodak series was considered the deluxe edition of folding kodaks. The 3A was the most expensive, including rising & sliding front, "high" speed and a Zeiss Tessar series IIB lens. It also had the largest picture format 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Plates on inside cover: 'MODEL/ 3A SPECIAL KODAK/ A''FEET 6[TO] 100/ METRES 2 [TO] 30/ FILM'/ Printed around lens: 'BAUSCH & LOMB-ZEISS TESSAR Series 11b Pat. Feb 24, 1903. No. 1608755 3 1/4 x 5 1/2'/ Dial above lens 'BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ 1515883/ COMPOUND/ 2 5 10 25 50 100 200'/ F PLATE: 'F-6.3 8 11 16 22 32 45/ M B T'/ Front plate: 'EASTMAN KODAK/ COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.'/ Printed on clip: 'KODAK/ 14601'/ Printed on inside of film cover: 'US Patents Sept 26, 1894; June 21, 1898; Sept 20, 1898; Jan. 21, 1902; Apr. 28, 1902 - Other Patents Pending'/ On end of cable release: 'WATSON EDWARDS PATENTS/ ANTINOUS REG'

Missing

Complete with shutter release cable and original case (case in poor condition).

Finish

Black leather; shiny metal and matte black painted metal.

Decoration

N/A