No 4 Kodak

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company
FABRICATOR: Brownell, Frank
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Kodak No 4
INTRODUCTION DATE: Nov. 1889
PRODUCTION DATES: 1889-1897
FILM TYPE: stripping film
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5 in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $50.00
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 4850
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 22 - 9740
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  box
  string-set
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Bausch & Lomb Universal
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Jan 1890-97. String-set box camera, factory loaded for 48 exposures,
  but with capacity for 100 exposures for prolific photographers. B&L
  Universal lens and sector shutter." (McKeown, 1994).
  Kodak spools for No 4 available in 24, 48, 100, or 250 exposure
  lengths. (EKC price list, 1906).
  Large spool camera referred to as Kolumbus Kodak. (Harpers Magazine,
  April, 1893).
  Serial number range was derived from known cameras compiled by Don
  Ryan as of August 1984.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E129.00012

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992.//