A Kodak Ltd., Baby Hawkeye small box camera.
Kodak Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1936
Materials
Metal, Enamel paint, Glass, Cardboard, Leatherette
Measurements
Camera 86 x 63.5 x 70 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524658
Summary
A Kodak Ltd. Baby Hawkeye camera, manufactured around 1936. The back part of the camera is of cardboard construction covered with black leatherette. The black metal front, comes away from the back to reveal the film spools. A pull-out wire frame finder is at side front of camera. At back is the red film window, with winder to the side. Markings: Name and place of manufacturer, and camera model are inscribed in white on front. Instructions for loading 127 film are marked in white on inside front.
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
Kodak Ltd., manufacturer