Irwin Magazine Model 16
Camera
Irwin Magazine Model 16
ca. 1937
Metal, leather, and glass
Overall (camera): 6 × 2 1/2 × 4 3/4 in., 2.2 lb. (15.2 × 6.4 × 12.1 cm, 1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionBlack, chrome, rectangular, 16mm, spring motor operated, motion picture camera with Achromatic fixed focus lens, eye level viewfinder, footage gauge, winding key and leather handle. The camera accepts 30 foot and 40 foot film magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on footage gauge on right side of camera: 40, 30, 20, 10, 0, 16 M.M. / Printed in silver on product label on front of camera: IRWIN magazine movie camera BRIGHT SUN BEACH. SNOW. WATER, DULL LIGHT, CLOSE UPS, MODEL 16 MADE IN U.S.A. PATS. PEND. / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-I10/2 Irwin 16mm. Magazine M.P. Camera Irwin Corp. New York, N.Y. Recieved 1/18/38 / Inscribed in pencil inside footage compartment: 1813, 2668
