No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak, Model C, 1912 - 1915
Scope and Contents
Folding roll film camera; 122 film; picture size 8.5 X 14 cm; Kodak ball bearing shutter; rapid rectilinear lens. In leather case, Model C, 1912-1915. Has wooden take-up spool and shutter release cable (damaged), bellows damaged, lacking stylus, serial number 366292, back panel reads: "3A Autographic Kodak", camera probably manufactured in 1915. [Coe, p. 18].
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1912 - 1915
Creator
- Eastman Kodak Co. (Manufacturer, Organization)
Access
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Biographical / Historical
"From August 1914 models were fitted with autographic backs from serial number 368668. This camera became the 3A Autographic Kodak from September 1914.", Coe, p. 110.
Biographical / Historical
The No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak is a folding bed camera for making exposures in 3¼×5½ inch postcard format on type No. 122 rollfilm. It was introduced by Kodak in 1903 and made until 1915. Variants were B, B2, B3, B4, B5, C and G. Early variants were expensive and had for example a combination of Kodak Automatic shutter and Rapid Rectilinear lens of Bausch and Lomb. Later moderately priced variants got the Ball Bearing Shutter. Both shutters were still for pneumatic remote operation or release by lever. A glass plate adapter was available for the camera. A later expensive variant has a Compound shutter with Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat.
The production of cameras for that format was continued until 1943 (No. 3A Kodak Series III).
Extent
1 item (1 camera) : glass, wood, leather, paper ; 5 X 12 X 26 cm
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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