Camera, Folding
- Object Name:
- Camera, Folding
- Object ID:
- 2017.041.02
- Creator:
- Eastman Kodak Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NY
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Camera. Kodak No. 3-A Folding Pocket Camera, Model B-4. Rectangular body with rounded ends, covered with dark brown pebbled faux leather. Hinged front cover with release lever marked "Kodak". Folding purple faux leather bellows. Lens assembly slides in track; shutter lever on side. Square prism viewfinder with rotating cover. Eastman Kodak nameplates around lens and on sliding base. Removable back panel with stamped lettering on inside surface: "NO. 3-A FOLDING POCKET KODAK / MODEL B-4 / U.S. PATENTS / SEP. 25. 1894 / JUN. 21. 1898 / SEP. 20. 1898 / SEP. 9. 1902 / OCT. 8. 1901 / JAN. 21. 1902 / APR. 29. 1902 / OCT. 19. 1909 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / MANUFACTURED BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A."
- Material:
- Metal
Glass
Textile
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-4.7 W-9.5 D-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Swenson Granite Company, Concord, NH
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Kurt Swenson and Kevin Swenson and all of the former owners of Swenson Granite Company from October 18, 1883, to September 16, 2016
- Subjects:
- Cameras, Photography, Granite quarrying
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