Kodak No.3 Folding rollfilm camera , Model G
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1914 - 1915
Materials
Chrome, Wood, Paper, Glass
Measurements
200 x 114 x 175 mm extended
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524448.1
Summary
A Kodak No.3 Model G Folding pocket rollfilm camera. The shutter is a Compur; the lens is a Taylor Hobson Cooke Aviar Anastigmat 51/4 inch series 3b. The camera body is black, made of metal and wood with chrome fittings. The bellows are black coated paper. The handle is black leather with chrome fittings. Markings: manufacturer's marks on inside back state No.3 folding pocket camera with patents. Outside back states 'use autographic film no.A 118.' Below shutter states No.3 autographic Kodak model G. Shutter and lens have manufacturers' marks as stated. Cover has BFI applied sticker c 1915 c/555
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