General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard/ leatherette/ metal

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.3 cm

Width

9.4 cm

Height

13.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak issued a special edition of the Rainbow Hawk-eye camera. The tan coloured camera with gold seal was distributed to more than 50,000 children twelve years of age (Ken Riley Photographics, http://www.krphoto.com/hawk-eye.html). Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A camera that produced images on 116 film using meniscus lens and single speed rotary shutter (Hawk-eyes, http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/No2ARBH-2.html).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'RAINBOW HAWKEYE NO. 2A MODEL B' ON HANDLE/Use Kodak Film No. 116/Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. Toronto, Ont.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Cardboard body covered in green leatherette/ black metal inside, metal trim outside

Decoration

N/A