A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of the library in 11 Montague Place, London. Taken by an unknown photographer in 1888. The photograph shows a boy and a girl sitting on the settee in the library.

A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of the library in 11 Montague Place, London, taken by an unknown photographer in 1888.

The photograph shows a boy and a girl sitting on the settee in the library.

The photograph was taken with the Kodak camera - a simple, leather-covered wooden box designed for amateur use, which produced circular snapshots two and a half inches in diameter. The camera was sold pre-loaded with film, when the whole film had been exposed the camera was sent back to Kodak who developed it, returning the prints and the reloaded camera.