General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BLACK LEATHER CASE/ METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.0 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

4.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Made in Canada. Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A collapsing roll film camera that produced 2¼ X 4¼ inch images on 616 film using a twindar lens and a built-in shutter (Coe, 116).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Jiffy Kodak Six-16/Series 11/Mfr's plate reads: Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. Lilmited, Toronto, Ont./Locl/Open/Open only while winding.

Missing

Lens & lens cover (front of camera)

Finish

Fair, case good

Decoration

N/A