A Kodak Petite folding rollfilm camera in green
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Glass, Paper
Measurements
Open 123 x 71 x 99 mm
Place of origin
Toronto
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524498.1
Summary
A Kodak Petite folding rollfilm camera in green for 4x6.5cm on 127 film with original green bellows. A vest pocket Kodak Model B with Meniscus lens and rotary shutter. It was produced in five colours - this one is green/turquoise metal with a green covering featuring a diamond pattern. No handle. The Petite took standard vest pocket sized pictures, 1 5/8 by 2 1/2 inches, with no. 127 auto-graphic roll film Markings: Around lens, embossed on metal '"Kodak" Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. Limited, Toronto, Ont.' Above lens 'T, I' and beneath 'K' in a circle Beneath lens 'Kodak Petite' White label affixed to underside of hinged cover plate handwritten in black ink 'C/482' On rear of camera 'Use "Kodak" film no. A-127'
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
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, manufacturer