General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

All metal

Dimensions

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

Length

9.3 cm

Width

3.3 cm

Height

2.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

A piece of equipment used with a Bolsey camera purchased by the donor around 1951 in Flint, Michigan while he was a co-op student with General Motors. He used the camera for scenic and portrait photography while living in Michigan and travelling throughout the U.S. and Mexico, and upon his return home to the U.K.

Function

Used to enable the delayed release of the shutter of a camera.

Technical

A clockwork operated self-timer that attached to the end of a cable release. Sold for $3.86 in 1955, the Auto-Rlease was connected to the camera using an ordinary cable release in order to enable the photographer to be in the phototgraph (Refs.1 and 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Raised lettering on back reads '(R) KODAK/ AUTO-RELEASE/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ EASTMAN KODAK/ COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ PAT. PENDING'

Missing

N/A

Finish

Metallic grey

Decoration

N/A