No. 1 Kodak camera
Camera
No. 1 Kodak camera
Oct. 1889
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 6 3/4 in., 1.3 lb. (12.1 × 8.9 × 17.1 cm, 0.6 kg)
Museum accession
1974.0037.1915
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, rollfilm camera with fixed focus lens, V sight lines, string-set shutter, exposure indicator, shutter release, and winding key. The camera accepts darkroom loaded rollfilm and renders 100 2½ inch diameter circular exposures.
Inscriptions Stamped in leather on back of camera: 10895 PAT. MAY 5, 1885 OTHER PATENTS APPL'D FOR IN ALL COUNTRIES / Stamped in leather on top of camera: 10895
