General Information

Serial #

52565B

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal and synthetic camera with glass lens and viewfinder.

Dimensions

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

Length

13.7 cm

Width

7.4 cm

Height

7.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

This camera belonged to The Right Honorable Herbert (Herb) Eser Gray. Gray was a prominent political figure that served the liberal party from the early 1960’s to the early 2000’s. He held a variety of positions during his parliamentary career such as deputy Prime Minister, committee chairmanships, and cabinet ministries during the liberal governments of Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, and Lester Pearson. Gray is recognized as being Canada’s first Jewish cabinet minister.

Function

A device used to record still images on film.

Technical

The Kodak 35 was the first 35mm camera produced by Eastman Kodak (USA). It produces 24x36mm exposures on 35mm film. This particular model is fitted with a pop-up viewfinder, a Flash Diomatic shutter and a f4.5/51mm lens.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the front of the lens: "FLASH DIOMATIC SHUTTER/ 150 100 50 25 B T/ Kodak/ f/4.5 5.6 8 11 16"/ Plate on top of lens reads: "Made in U.S.A."/ Lettering on viewfinder reads: "KODAK/ 35"/ Dials on top read: "WIND"/ "0 5 10 15 20 25 30"/ "DIRECT POSITIVE/ DAYLIGHT TYPE-A/ KODACHROME/ PLUS/ X/ SUPER/ XX/ PAN/ X/ MICRO/ FILE/ INFRA/ RED"/ Label inside film compartment reads: "Use/ KODAK/ 135/ FILM/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ PATENTS-U.S.A./ 2,126,324/ 2,150,696/ 2,226,161/ 2,129,210/ 2,221,021/ 2,266,426/ CANADA 1938, 1940, AND 1942/ PRINTED IN U.S.A. NO. 96803/ T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Predominantly silver-coloured and black camera with clear glass lens and an off-white ring around the front of the lens.

Decoration

N/A