General Information

Serial #

1204

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1METAL BODY & WORKING PTS, PROBABLY NICKEL PLATED; LEATHER COVERING & BELLOWS; GLASS LENS & FINDER; IVORY SCALE/.2 LEATHER CASE, METAL CLAMP

Dimensions

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

Length

10.7 cm

Width

5.9 cm

Height

14.2 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

FILMPLATE PREMO CAMERAS WERE MADE BETWEEN 1906 & 1916

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PRODUCE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES BY USING GLASS PLATES OR FILMPACKS

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BACK, INSIDE FLAP: '1204' INCISED, 'FILMPLATE/ PREMO/ PAT. JULY [?]-1902/ -- OCT. 2[?]-1903'; FRONT, LENS PLATE: 'BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. PAT. APP'D./ (PLASTIC PLATE SCREWED TO LENS PLATE) Eastman Kodak Co. Succ'rs to/ ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO., BELOW THIS IS f-STOPS 'f6.3' TO '32'; LENS: 'No61276. ROSS, LONDON./ PATENT/ 5in HOMOCENTRIC 1:6.3'; SPEED DIAL: 'PREMO' WITH APPERTURE SPEED SETTINGS; SCALE BESIDE TRACK, ONE SIDE WORN [METERS], FEET 6 TO 100; ON COVER OF FINDER 'THE/ PREMO/ CAMERA'; SCRATCHED INTO TRACK: 'G.S.C. 76'

Missing

.1 ARM ON SIDE TO KEEP FRONT FROM SWINGING DOWN TOO FAR; LEATHER ON BACK HAS COME LOOSE

Finish

.1 BLACK LEATHER COVER (WORN) & BELLOWS, EXPOSED METAL PTS SILVER IN COLOUR, SCALE OFF-WHITE, LENS CLEAR GLASS, STICKER ON TOP RED & BLACK WITH WHITE PRINT, FROSTED GLASS PLATE IN BACK

Decoration

NONE