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Condition: Used and Operational
Size: See Description
Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Company
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This camera is almost an antique and is in great condition.
The case is leather and the camera uses film #116 Autographic film. This old camera has all the features of the day. It is a wonderful item just to handle and experience.
The black case is a leatherette type material, and the metal case underneath is very well build as the camera has a heavy feel to it. The bellows of the fold-out lens is in acceptable condition as is the swivel view-finder mounted on the side of the lens. The swivel allows rotation of the camera 90 degrees for Landscape or Portrait views.
The 1A Autographic Kodak Jr. folding camera was typical of Kodak folding cameras of the time. The camera body is wooden. Folding front and removable back are metal while the external covering and bellows are leather. It used the Autographic film which permitted a message to be written on the film between frames. The spool was wound with a layer of carbon paper between the film and the thin red backing paper. After taking a photograph the user would open up the small door on the back of the camera (see photos) and using the provided stylus (metal pencil---included with this camera) they could inscribe a short note. Pressure of the stlus on the backing paper transferred the carbon to the backing paper. The user then held the camera back to the light for a moment and light passing through would image the message on the film.
Kodak certainly had an inventive moment with the creation of this camera. It is rare in good condition like this one is.
In the closed position, the camera measures 3.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches long and 1.5 inches deep. |
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