General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Plastic & aluminum body/ nylon carrying strap

Dimensions

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

Length

21.2 cm

Width

13.8 cm

Height

6.0 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

The Kodak Instamatic camera range is one of the most successful mass markets in the history of photography. Their specification ranged from a basic box camera to an automatic model making these cameras simple in construction and easy to use (Coe, 97). 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 28 X 28 mm images on 126 film using a fixed focus f-11 lens and a two speed shutter supplied with a flashcube socket (McKeown, 152).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front: 'INSTAMATIC/ CAMERA/ 124/ Kodak [LOGO]/ MADE IN CANADA'/ INSIDE BACK COVER: 'MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA/ BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ REGISTERED TRADE-MARK/ USES KODAK 126 FILM'

Missing

N/A

Finish

Black leather-grained plastic/ brushed aluminum

Decoration

N/A