A Pocket Kodak '99 Model D miniature camera
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1899
Materials
Leather, Wood, Metal, Glass
Measurements
98 x 75 x 63 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524614
Summary
A Pocket Kodak '99 Model D miniature rollfilm camera. Daylight loading spool for paper film. Red plastic window for exposure counter. Rectangular viewfinder. Shutter is attached to the film carrier. Wooden covered with black pebble-grained leather with brass coloured fittings Printed in black ink on inner casing '99 Model Pocket Kodak Made by the Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y., U. S. A.' plus patent information - latest date is January 12 1897' Embossed on metal yokes on both sides of camera 'Start the paper under this yoke'.
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