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- OBJECT TYPE
- BOX/CARTRIDGE
- DATE
- 1963–1966
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0039.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- MODEL
- INSTAMATIC 50
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC WITH METAL HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
- Canada
-
ALEX STIRTON (1915-1996), HUSBAND OF DONOR, WAS A NOTED CANADIAN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER. HE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN CAMERA COLLECTING DURING THE 1980S. NMST ACQUIRED SEVERAL CAMERAS FROM HIS COLLECTION. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES ON FILM - Technical
-
KODAK REINTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF A FILM CARTRIDGE WITH ITS INSTAMATIC SERIES IN 1963. IT WAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SERIES IN THE HISTORYOF PHOTOGRAPHY. THE "50" WAS THE MOST BASIC BOX CAMERA OF THE SERIES & MAY BE CONSIDERED THE 1ST OF THE INSTAMATICS BEING INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE 100 WAS LAUNCHED IN THE U.S. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT OF CAMERA: 'INSTAMATIC/ CAMERA/ 50/ Kodak/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ STAMPED INSIDE: 'MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ USES KODAK 126 FILM'/ MOLDED IN WINDOW: 'WIND FILM TO STOP'/ STAMPED IN CASE: 'Kodak/ MADE/ IN/ ENGLAND/ CODE/ 67181'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CAMERA: GREY WITH SILVER FRONT PANEL/ CASE: BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Eastman Kodak Co., Camera, between 1963–1966, Artifact no. 1999.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0039.001/
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