Kombi
Camera

Alfred C. Kemper

Maker
American, ca. 1890s

Kombi

1893
Metal
Overall (camera): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (4.5 × 4.5 × 5.5 cm)
Overall (spare magazine): 1 9/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (4 × 4.5 × 3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionMiniature camera for 1.25x30in. roll film, with spare magazine. Camera magazine contains a roll of film.
Inscriptions Stamped in metal, front, T: A COMBINED CAMERA AND GRAPHOSCOPE
Stamped in metal, front, B: The Kombi \ TRADE MARK
Engraved in metal, back, C: PATENTED \ IN THE ENTIRE WORLD \ U.S. \ PATENT \ DEC. 20. 92. \ OTHERS PENDING \ ALFRED C. KEMPER \ CHICAGO
Stamped in metal, film knobs, on both magazines, T: [roman numerals] I \ II

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