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OBJECT TYPE: FILM
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0013.002

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Co.
MODEL: PREMO FILM PACK
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wood and metal materials of construction.

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Height: 2.0 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: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of camera used c. 1917-1930. This camera probably used c. 1917-1924, and possibly later.
Canada: Camera used by (Methodist) Reverend Frederick J. Neal, who came to Canada in Dec. 1914, and lived and worked in St. Margaret's Bay area of Nova Scotia c. 1921 to 1922. He moved to Iowa, returning to Canada in 1928, and lived at Glen Margaret, Halifax county. Rev. Neal died in St. John, New Brunswick in 1969. (ref. 1)
Function: To hold glass plates or sheet film inside a dark chamber on the back of a camera.
Technical: Rochester Optical Co. introduced the Premo camera in 1893. In 1903 the company was purchased by Eastman Kodak, which continued to manufacture Premos for the next 20 years. The pocket Premo was designed to take photographs on either glass plates or sheet film, and had a capacity of 2 plates or 12 film exposures. (ref. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "PREMO FILM PACK ADAPTOR" stamped into top edge. "3- A PREMO" stamped into one side edge. "MANUFACTURED BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO./ SUCCESSOR TO/ ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ CANADA PAT. AUG. 25-03/ BRITISH PAT. APR. 21- 03/ FRANCE PAT. APR. 18-03/ [illegible} JUNE 7- 1905/ U.S.A. PAT. MAY 19-08" stamped on metal back.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Medium brown wood frame. Silver metal back.
Decoration: N/A

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Eastman Kodak Co., Adapter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0013.002/

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