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