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− | The brown leather-covered camera has matching brown bellows and came in a cedar box with an art deco enamelled metal pattern on the lid.<ref>The | + | The art deco style '''No. 1A Gift [[Kodak]]''' was intended for women, and was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague.<ref>[http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/5/2/87.271 No. 1A Gift Kodak Camera] at [http://www.museumofplay.org/ National Museum of PLay]</ref> It takes [[116 film]], and has a meniscus achromatic lens.<ref>[http://redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/Kodak/No1AGiftKodak_424.htm No 1A Gift Kodak] at [http://redbellows.co.uk/ Redbellows website]</ref> It is a special version of the No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior and was introduced for the Christmas season in 1930. |
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+ | The brown leather-covered camera has matching brown bellows, brown enamel trim and a patterned lens panel. It came in a cedar box with an art deco enamelled metal pattern on the lid.<ref>The camera baseboard repeats this pattern.</ref> A similar pattern is on the outer box. A total of 10,000 units was made.<ref name="Coe">Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; <nowiki>ISBN 0-906447-44-5</nowiki>) p.113.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:21, 28 January 2017
Camera with outer box, cedar box and instruction book. image by antiquecameras.net (Image rights) |
The art deco style No. 1A Gift Kodak was intended for women, and was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague.[1] It takes 116 film, and has a meniscus achromatic lens.[2] It is a special version of the No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior and was introduced for the Christmas season in 1930.
The brown leather-covered camera has matching brown bellows, brown enamel trim and a patterned lens panel. It came in a cedar box with an art deco enamelled metal pattern on the lid.[3] A similar pattern is on the outer box. A total of 10,000 units was made.[4]
References
- ↑ No. 1A Gift Kodak Camera at National Museum of PLay
- ↑ No 1A Gift Kodak at Redbellows website
- ↑ The camera baseboard repeats this pattern.
- ↑ Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5) p.113.
No. 1A Gift Kodak with inlaid cedar gift box and cardboard shop sales box image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Camera with black replacement bellows image by Coleccionando Camaras (Image rights) |