Compact Graflex camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1916-1924 in Rochester

maker:: Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

Compact Graflex camera, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Schneider Xenar Lens F: 7 1/8 inches, f/4.5-36, Serial No 48750. Focal plane shutter, fabric, six tensions, four curtain apertures, 24 speeds from 1/10th-1/10000th second, ground glass focusing screen, rack and pinion focusing, sliding rising front. Serial No 46461. Manufactured by Folmer and Schwing Division, Eastman Kodak. 1916-1924. Overall (deployed): 330 mm x 192 mm x 260 mm.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1622

Materials:: glass, wood (unidentified), leatherette, leather, white metal (unknown) and yellow metal

Measurements:: overall (deployed): 330 mm x 192 mm x 260 mm,

type:: reflex camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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