Akeley Junior
Camera
Akeley Junior
Signal Corp Model
ca. 1919
Metal, brass, glass, and rubber
Overall (camera): 9 × 6 1/2 × 11 in. (22.9 × 16.5 × 27.9 cm)
Overall (magazine): 8 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 7 in. (22.2 × 4.4 × 17.8 cm)
Gift of the American Museum of Natural History
1978.1653.0009
DescriptionGreen, square, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, off-the-gate focus window, magazine, footage dial and brown leather handle. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass on front of camera: AKELEY JUNIOR PATENTED IN U.S.A. AND ABROAD MAR. 28, 1916 - MAR. 18, 1919 - AUG. 19, 1919 - SEPT. 2, 1919 - SEPT. 9, 1919 MFD. BY AKELEY CAMERA, INC. 244-250 WEST 49th ST., NEW YORK CITY / Engraved in black on view finder on back of camera: INF, 15, 8, 5, 4, 3 / Engraved in black on footage dial on back of camera: 040 / Written in blue ink on tag: 2816 / Stamped in silver on magazine cover: JL / Stamped in black under magazine door: JL
