Folding Pocket Kodak

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
FABRICATOR: Brownell, Frank
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Folding Pocket Kodak No 1
INTRODUCTION DATE: Aug. 1897
PRODUCTION DATES: 1897-1898
FILM TYPE: 105 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $10.00
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: first folding Kodak
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: folding
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Achromatic f/11
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  First Kodak folding pocket camera. The first version can be
  distinguished from later models by the 4 hole front and brass struts.
  Second model has two hole front with brass stuts and latch; inside
  back stamped "PATENTS APPLIED FOR". Third model has two hole front,
  nickel struts and sliding latch; inside back stamped "FOLDING POCKET
  KODAK". Renamed Folding Pocket No 1 after the introduction of the
  introduction of the larger Folding Pocket Kodak No 1A. - TG.
  "The first model of what became a best-selling range of folding
  rollfilm cameras, introducing the to-be-popular 2-1/4 x 3-1/4
  inch negative format." (Coe, B, 1988).
  Camera weighs 14.4 ounces.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00143
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 880

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. 96.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. p. 155.//