A Daylight Kodak

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Company
FABRICATOR: Brownell, Frank
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Daylight Kodak Model A
SEE ALSO: A Ordinary Kodak
INTRODUCTION DATE: December 1891
PRODUCTION DATES: 1891-1895
FILM TYPE: A Daylight rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2-3/4 x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $8.50
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 2350
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 835 - 2471
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: daylight loading
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  box
  string-set
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: single meniscus, fixed aperture & focus
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Leather Covered wooden box; single reflecting finder; string-set
  shutter; film in card cartons, with black cloth leader, permitting
  loading in subdued light; automatic lock on film wind; exposure
  counter." (Coe, 1988).
  Serial number range was derived from known cameras compiled by Don
  Ryan as of August 1984.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E129.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 231

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. p.7.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992.//