folding camera, Kodak 3A Autographic Special, Model B
Date: circa 1916
Inventory Number: 1988-0019
Classification: Camera
Dimensions:camera closed: 25 × 4.9 × 12.1 cm (9 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
case: 25.2 × 16 × 6 cm (9 15/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
box: 16.5 × 29.2 × 17.1 cm (6 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)
Accessories: carrying leather case; film
Description:
This is a roll film folding camera. It is equipped with a Bausch & Lomb Tessar lens and mechanical shutter combo. The bellows unfold on rails supported by a focusing bed. The cable release is from Kodak, and has a 1910 patent date printed on it. It has a range finder and used a special type of roll film (of which there is an example inside), as mentioned on the back of the camera: "USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM / NO. A-122". It has a leather hand strap a tripod socket. When not in used, it is stored in a leather carrying case with shoulder strap.