General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood and metal materials of construction.

Dimensions

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

Length

17.5 cm

Width

11.2 cm

Height

2.0 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

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This type of camera used c. 1917-1930. This camera probably used c. 1917-1924, and possibly later.

Canada

Camera used by (Methodist) Reverend Frederick J. Neal, who came to Canada in Dec. 1914, and lived and worked in St. Margaret's Bay area of Nova Scotia c. 1921 to 1922. He moved to Iowa, returning to Canada in 1928, and lived at Glen Margaret, Halifax county. Rev. Neal died in St. John, New Brunswick in 1969. (ref. 1)

Function

To hold glass plates or sheet film inside a dark chamber on the back of a camera.

Technical

Rochester Optical Co. introduced the Premo camera in 1893. In 1903 the company was purchased by Eastman Kodak, which continued to manufacture Premos for the next 20 years. The pocket Premo was designed to take photographs on either glass plates or sheet film, and had a capacity of 2 plates or 12 film exposures. (ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"PREMO FILM PACK ADAPTOR" stamped into top edge. "3- A PREMO" stamped into one side edge. "MANUFACTURED BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO./ SUCCESSOR TO/ ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ CANADA PAT. AUG. 25-03/ BRITISH PAT. APR. 21- 03/ FRANCE PAT. APR. 18-03/ [illegible} JUNE 7- 1905/ U.S.A. PAT. MAY 19-08" stamped on metal back.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Medium brown wood frame. Silver metal back.

Decoration

N/A