No. 2 Kodak
Camera

Eastman Company

Maker
American, 1889–1892

No. 2 Kodak

1890
Wood, leather, metal, and glass
Overall: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 9 1/8 in., 2.4 lb. (14.9 × 11.4 × 23.2 cm, 1.1 kg)
Museum accession
1981.0798.0001
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, roll film camera with fixed focus lens, waist level viewfinder, string-set shutter, exposure indicator, and winding key. The camera accepts 60-100 exposure film rolls and renders a 3½ inch diameter circular image.
Inscriptions Stamped in leather on top of camera: 2785 / Stamped in leather on back of camera: 2785 / Engraved in white on product label inside camera front: Made by THE EASTMAN DRY PLATE & FILM CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Printed in black on white label inside camera: In ordering supplies for this Camera always specify FOR NO.2 KODAK. / Printed in black on white label inside camera front: 81:798:1

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