A Daylight Kodak

A Daylight Kodak

Camera

Eastman Company

Maker
American, 1889–1892

A Daylight Kodak

1891
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 4 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 7 1/4 in., 1.1 lb. (11.1 × 8.9 × 18.4 cm, 0.5 kg)
Museum accession
1974.0037.1080
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, rollfilm camera with fixed focus lens, waist level viewfinder, string-set shutter, exposure counter, film winding key and engraved guide lines. The camera accepts 24 exposure daylight loading film in card cartons.
Inscriptions Stamped in leather on bottom of camera: 835X, 835X / Inscribed in white on bottom of camera: 771.313.2 AC 141 / Printed in black inside camera front: BRAKE. PATENTED: AUG. 6, 1889. NOV. 12 1889. JULY 29, 1890. AUG 5, 1890 OTHERS PENDING. THE EASTMAN COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A. /

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