General Information

Serial #

3567

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 Mahogany wood body has leather covering. Glass lenses. Leather bellows. Ivory focus guide. Metal fittings, some nickel plated.

Dimensions

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

Length

23.0 cm

Width

13.0 cm

Height

17.0 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

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This type of camera used c. 1917-1930. This camera probably used c. 1917-1924, and possibly later.

Canada

Camera used by (Methodist) Reverend Frederick J. Neal, who came to Canada in Dec. 1914, and lived and worked in St. Margaret's Bay area of Nova Scotia c. 1921 to 1922. He moved to Iowa, returning to Canada in 1928, and lived at Glen Margaret, Halifax county. Rev. Neal died in St. John, New Brunswick in 1969. (ref. 1)

Function

To record still images on either glass plates or sheet film.

Technical

Rochester Optical Co. introduced the Premo camera in 1893. In 1903 the company was purchased by Eastman Kodak, which continued to manufacture Premos for the next 20 years. The pocket Premo was designed to take photographs on either glass plates or sheet film, and had a capacity of 2 plates or 12 film exposures. (ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "3-A/ POCKET C./ PAT. OCT. 20, 1903./ JULY 21, 1896./ JULY 8, 1902./ FEB. 4, 1908./ OCT. 19, 1909./ MAR. 21, 1911./ MANUFACTURED BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ SUCCESORS TO/ ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A." & "3567" stamped oninside of camera body back. "6141/ EKC/ PAT'D/ JAN. 7/ 1913/ BALL BEARING/ PAT'D JAN. 18, 1910." and settings marked on shutter speed mechanism. "KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER/ PATENTED IN U.S.A. JAN. 18, 1910 JAN. 7, 1913" printed on plate surrounding lens. "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ 3 1/4 X 5 1/2 PLANATOGRAPH F-8 EF 6 3/4 IN." marked on lens housing. "POCKET/ C" marked on top.

Missing

Carrying strap missing.

Finish

Black leather covering on exterior of camera body. Some metal fittings are nickel plated. Red bellows, and red-brown mahogany camera bed. Frosted glass insert in camera body back.

Decoration

N/A