No 4 Kodak camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1889 in New York

No. 4 Kodak camera, 1890-1897, manufactured by Eastman Company. Box camera for factory loaded film 48 exposures 5 x 4 inches. Bausch and Lomb universal lens, rotating plate with four apertures, sector type shutter cocked by string (broken), rack and pinion focusing, two reflecting finders, exposure counter -110, no 9362. Overall: 165 mm x 130 mm x 322 mm. This camera was the largest of the first generation of Kodak cameras.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1403
Materials:
glass, wood (unidentified), leatherette, yellow metal and white metal
Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 130 mm x 322 mm,
type:
box camera and film camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford