General Information

Serial #

556959

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body and lens board. Leather covered cloth bellows. Glass lens.

Dimensions

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

Length

21.0 cm

Width

5.4 cm

Height

10.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

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 camera that produced 3¼ X 5½ inch images on 116 film using a rapid rectilinear lens including four lens openings and a No. 1 Kodex shutter with a speed time of 1.50 (Ref.4).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Info. on handle reads: 'No. 2A FOLDING CARTRIDGE HAWKEYE'; Info. about film type on back of camera: 'USE "KODAK" FILM/ No/ A116'; Info. around lens: 'KODEX/ No 1/ EKC [Co. logo]/ SHUTTER MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO.'; Mfr. plate below lens board reads: 'No. 2A FOLDING CARTRIDGE/ HAWK- EYE/ MODEL B/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONT.' Patent info. inside camera.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Black textured metal body. Black enamelled lens board with metal parts.

Decoration

N/A