Kodak Premo film pack adapter.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1901 - 1904
Materials
Wood, Metal, Bakelite
Measurements
100 x 141 x 20 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524772.4
Summary
Kodak Premo film pack adapter. Wooden case with metal side panel with hinged opening, released by two metal clips. Other side panel is bakelite and has etched into it the logo for "The Premo Camera" and patent details. Inside the metal opening panel is printed further patent details for Canada, Britain, France, Germany and USA. On the opening edge of the metal panel is stamped: "Premo Film Pack Adapter".
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