Kodak No 1A Junior folding rollfilm camera
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1914
Materials
Main body is leather covered metal. Leather bellowa
Measurements
102 x 200 x 170 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524464.1
Summary
A Kodak no 1A autographic camera model A folding rollfilm camera fitted with Bausch and Lamb RR US4 lens. Patent no Jan 7 1913,Jan 18 1910-11602. Patent no on back of camera. Body is metal covered with leather and thas setthe bellows is black leather. Aperture ranges f4 to f64 and shutter has settings T,B,25,50,100. Rotating viewfinder. The shutter is marked 'EKC' on the manufaturer's plate together with 'All bearing pat Jan18,1910'. The lower plate bears 'No 1A-Kodak Jr, Eastman Kodak Co.'
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 Bausch and Lomb Opt. Co, manufacturer