Keystone Americana Model K-774L
Camera
Keystone Manufacturing Co.
American, 1930s–1970
Keystone Americana Model K-774L
March 1964
Metal, glass and plastic
Overall (camera): 5 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 6 7/8 in., 2.5 lb. (14 × 6.7 × 17.4 cm, 1.1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# J-05632 Crackled-black, vaulted, 8mm, spring motor powered, motion picture camera with f/1.8 fixed-focus zoom lens, optical eye level viewfinder, winding crank, shutter lever, footage gauge, daylight filter, selenium cell light meter, zoom lever, and ASA dial in original box. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in black and blue on product label on right side of camera: KEYSTONE Americana / Printed in white inside footage gauge on right side of camera: 25, LEAD / Printed in blue and black on product label on front of camera: electric eye zoom K-774L KEYSTONE / Embossed in blue on product label on front of camera: K / Printed in black around daylight filter on front of camera: NO FILTER, TYPE A / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: ELGEET-KEYSTONE ZOOM - f:1.8 / Printed in black on product label on left side of camera: 8mm LOAD-A-MATIC, MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in black around door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-K10/34 Keystone, AMERICANA K-774L (LOAD-A-MATIC) 8mm Camera Recieved..8/27/1964 / Engraved in black on ASA dial on top of camera: ASA, 10, 16, 25, 32, 40 / Engraved and printed in black inside footage compartment: PAT. PENDING SERIAL NO. J-05632
