Kodak No. 2 Bulls-Eye '96 Model box roll film camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1896
Materials
Wood, Card, Leather, Glass, Metal
Measurements
120 x 116 x 147 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1524553
Summary
A Kodak No 2 Bulls-Eye '96 Model box roll film camera. The main body is wood with a black leatherette covering and a wooden film holder. Black leather handle. Meniscus lens, rotary shutter; view-finder. Film advance indicated red window. There is a tripod bush. Markings: Serial Number embossed on outside: 28162. Printed inside: "No.2 Bulls-Eye Model of 1896, Manufactured by the Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY, USA, Successor to Boston Camera MF'G Co." Patent information. Also "Eastman Photographic Materials Co., Ltd, 115-117 Oxford St, London, 4 Place Vendome, Paris." Also printed inside: "In ordering supplies for this camera, specify for No.2 Bulls-Eye '96 Model". And "Start the paper under this cross-piece"
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Eastman Kodak Co , manufacturer