Kodak camera (barrel shutter)
Camera
Kodak camera (barrel shutter)
November 15, 1887
Wood, leather, metal, and glass
Overall: 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 16.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1990.0128.0001
DescriptionFrom a lot of 6 pre-production cameras produced in November 1887; this example is serial #6.
TextGeorge Eastman ordered six sample cameras from Brownell Manufacturing in November 1887 for testing purposes. This is the only known survivor of those six, making it the oldest known Kodak camera.
