A Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera.
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1915 - 1926
Materials
Metal alloy, Chrome, Leather, Glass
Measurements
60 x 120 x 75 mm
Place of origin
Toronto
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525521.1
Summary
A Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera. The body is metal alloy and the bellows is black leather. There is no base plate but the bellows is supported on chrome trellis struts. There is a rotating prism finder and the shutter has just B,T,1/25 and 1/50 sec. The apertures range (US)8-32. The simple meniscus lens is mounted on a panel which in addition to the EKC logo has printed ' Patented in U.S.A Jan 18, 1910 Jan 7, 1913 ' and the number 17982. On the base is embossed 'Vest Pocket Kodak'. On the back is a circular plate giving patent dates in USA, Canada, Australia and Britain. Another plate reads 'Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Toronto, Canada. The panel over the autographic strip says 'Use o.A-127'.
Provenance
Donated on 31/10/2016 to The Fox Talbot Museum by J. Goodman.
Makers and roles
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, manufacturer