No.1A Folding Pocket Kodak folding roll-film camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1905 - 1912
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Closed size 200 x 100 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524484.1
Summary
No.1A Folding Pocket Kodak folding roll-film camera. Metal body covered with black leather. Bellows is maroon leather (dates the camera prior to October 1912, when bellows became black). Self-erecting bed. Twin finder. Twin sprung struts. Markings: Manufacturer's plate on standard: "No.1A Folding Pocket Kodak, made in USA, Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY." On shutter: "Pocket Automatic, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester NY, Made in USA."
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