General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS COMPONENTS

Dimensions

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

Length

10.3 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

6.1 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

This type of camera used mid to late 1960s.

Canada

Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A Kodak Instamatic 104 rigid body camera that uses 126 cartridge film with fixed focus lens f/11, 43mm and 2-speed shutter 1/40 and 1/90. Other features include a flashcube socket, lever wind, and optical direct vision finder (Coe, 228). The camera case is attached to the base of the camera. The Kodak 126 film cartridge was developed in 1963 for the first generation of instamatic cameras. The instamatic 104 was the first basic model of Instamatic to incorporate the 4-shot Sylvania flash cube in 1965 (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"INSTAMATIC/ 104/ CAMERA" & "Kodak" printed on front of camera. "WIND FILM TO STOP" printed on viewing window on camera back. "MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ REGISTERED TRADE-MARK/ USES KODAK 126 FILM" incised on inside of camera body back. "R. HUbERT" handwritten in red ink, also inside camera body back. "AAA BETTERIES/ ONE BASE UP/ ONE BASE DOWN" marked on underside of camera.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

BLACK & SILVER GREY CAMERA BODY; BLACK NYLON (?) HAND STRAP.

Decoration

N/A