No.3A Special Kodak camera model A

Folding camera for 122 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb Zeiss Tessar lens Series Iib (Feb 24 1903) F: 7 inches f/6.3-45 No.1580539. Bausch and lomb Compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with level. Screw rising, sliding cross front. Hinged film focusing scale covers plate focusing scale. Rack and pinion focusing. The camera survived with the donor after ice north of Alaska sank their ship north of Wrangle Island. They were marooned and waited while Captain Bartlett crossed the Long Strait to Siberia (700-800 miles) to get rescue. Eastman Kodak.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/2618
type:
rollfilm camera and folding camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford