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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1026.002

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper? covered cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Height: 4.5 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: June 1929, discontinued production 1934
Canada: The Kodak Petite was marketed towards women. This model was sold in five different colours and special art-deco patterns (Kodak Petite, http://kodak.digitalfx.tv/html/pet.html). 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 folding rollfilm camera that produced 1? X 2½ inch images on 127 film using a meniscus lens and a Vest Pocket rotary shutter (Coe, 131).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Iside case reads: "Carrying case Kodak Petite/Made in USA/Eastman Kodak Co./Rochester NY".
Missing: appears complete
Finish: green exterior/ gold interior
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Case, camera, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.1026, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1981.1026.002/

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