Three portrait attachments
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1920
Materials
Glass, Metal, Paper
Measurements
12 mm (Depth); 43 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525080
Summary
Three Kodak Portrait Attachment lenses numbered 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Each is in a tin box with a red label printed 'Kodak Portrait Attachment No XX Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester NY Made in USA' 'Trade mark Reg. in USA. Each of the tins has a table of focussing distances, and no 7 has an instruction leaflet.
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