An Eastman Kodak Company Vest Pocket Autographic miniature folding roll-film camera
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
122 x 64 x 25 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524510.1
Summary
An Eastman Kodak Company Vest Pocket Autographic miniature folding roll-film camera, manufactured between 1915 and 1926. The camera has a black metal body, covered with black leather and black leather bellows supported by metal scissor struts.Kodak anastigmatic F1.7 lens with various settings. Patents stamped on back: March 4 1902 and May 6 1913. There is also a stylus that clips to an opening on back of camera for making autographic notes on film.
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