| A selection from the museum camera collection complement the ekphrastic photography/poetry exhibition: |
Scovill Waterbury View Plate Camera
1885-1898
Negative Size: 4" x 5"
Original Price: $12 for complete outfit including tripod
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Monroe Folding Dry Plate Compact Camera
1898-1900
Negative Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2"
Original Price: $8.00 with double plate holder |
Conley Model IX Folding Plate Camera
1900-1916
Negative Size: 5" x 7"
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Kodak Brownie Model 2 Box Camera
1901-1933
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Original Price: $2.00
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Kodak Number 2 Stereo Box Camera
1901-1905
Negative Size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Original Price: $15.00
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Keystone Stereoview No. 227
Canning Salmon at Astoria, Oregon
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Premo Junior Sheet Film Box Camera
1908-1922
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Original price: $2.00
Premo cameras were originally made by Rochester Optical, which was acquired by Kodak in 1903.
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Kodak No. 1A Autographic Camera
1914-1924
Image Size: 2 1/4"x 4 1/4"
Original Price: $21.00
Film for autographic cameras contained a thin paper between the film and the backing which became transparent pressed with a metal stylus. By raising the flap on the back of the camera, the photographer could write information about the shot which would appear on the photo when developed.
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Kodak Petite Folding Camera
1929-1934
Negative Size: 1 5/8" x 2 1/2"
Original Price: $6.50
Manufactured in green, blue, grey, lavender, and old rose.
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Kodak 50th Anniversary Box Camera
1930
Negative Size: 2 1/4"x 3 1/4"
Original Price: Free to any child turning 12 years old in 1930 |
Kodak Recomar AG Sheet Film Camera
1932-1940
Negative Size: 6.5 x 9 cm (model 18); 9 x 12 cm (Model 33)
Original Price: $40.00 (Model 18) -$48.00 (Model 33)
Designed and made in Germany.
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Kodak Brownie 6-20 Box Camera
1933-1941
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Original Price: $10.00
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Kodak Retina 1 (Type 119) 35mm Camera
1936-1938
Original Price: $57.50
These cameras, produced by Nagel Camerawerks in Germany, introduced the film cartridge for daylight film loading.
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Kodak Senior 6-16 Folding Camera
1937-1949
Negative size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Original Price: $33.50
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Brownie Target 6-16 Box Camera
1946-1951
Negative Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Original Price: $4.00 |
Ansco Pioneer Box Camera
1947-1953
Negative Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4"
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Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Box Camera
1949-1961
Negative size: 2 1/4"x 2 1/4"
Original Price: $5.50
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Argus Argoflex 75 Twin Lens Reflex Camera
1949-1958
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
Original Price: $14.95
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Altheimer and Baer Photo-Craft Mini Camera
circa 1950
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Polaroid Highlander Instant Camera, Model 80A
1957-1959
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Original Price: $72.75
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Polaroid Model 240 Print Copier
1958
Original Price: $29.95
A close up lens in the copier allowed the camera (inserted in the front) to take a Negative of a Polaroid photo inserted in the back. The copy was developed in the usual way within the camera.
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Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex Rapid 35mm Camera
1959-1961
Negative Size: 24 x 36 mm.
Original price: $169
A special feature is the interchangeable backs which allows the user to change the type of film mid-roll.
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Kodak Brownie Reflex20 Outfit
1959-1966
Negative Size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
Original Price of the camera only: $17.00
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Kodak Instamatic 304 Cartridge Camera
1965-1969
Negative Size: 28 x 28 mm.
Original Price: $44.50
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Kodak Colorburst 250 Instant Camera
1979-1982
Original Price: $76.50
Subject of a patent-infringement suit by Polaroid.
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Kodak Tele-Ektralite 600 Cartridge Camera
1980-1982
Negative Size: 28 x 28 mm
Original Price: $67.00
Has both regular and telephoto lens.
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Kodak Disc 3000 Camera
1983-1984
Negative Size: 8 x 10 mm
Original Price: $57.00
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Kodak DC 50 Digital Zoom Camera
1996-?
756x504, 24bit color;
stores 7-22 images in 1 MB memory
Original Price: $899.000
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