Eastman Matchbox camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Matchbox camera
  Camera X
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1945
FILM TYPE: 16mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 14 x 14 mm
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 1000

NOTES:
  "Created for the OSS, and used by American and European agents and
  members of Resistance movements in occupied Europe. The featureless
  metal case was the size of a standard match box, and it could be
  disguised as such, with controls recessed at one end. The lens covered
  from 8 feet to infinity with a 45 degree angle of view. A processing
  kit and close-up stand for document copying were also available."
  Coe, 1988.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00107
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 103

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. p 289.//