General Information

Serial #

12331

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Stamped metal body. Fabric and cardboard bellows. Plastic body cover.

Dimensions

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

Length

23.5 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

4.75 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

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1940's to recent

Canada

Made in Canada. A Canadian manufactured model that was also manufactured in the USA and was popular throughout North America. 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 self-erecting folding rollfilm camera that produced 2½ X 4¼ inch images on 616 film using a Kodak Anastigmat f6.3 lens and a Diomatic shutter (Coe, 142).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Info. on lens: ‘KODAK NO.1 DIOMATIC’; Name plate reads: ‘KODAK VIGILANT SIX-16/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED A/ TORONTO, ONT.’; Sticker inside camera reads: ‘Use KODAK/ 616/ FILM’ followed by patent information.

Missing

Complete

Finish

Black throughout. Brushed metal lens support.

Decoration

N/A