Kodak No. 2 Film Pack "Hawk-eye" Camera
Date: 1922-1925
Inventory Number: BH0144
Classification: Camera
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Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (1881-present)
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Dimensions:
11.8 × 14.9 × 7.6 cm (4 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 3 in.)
box: 8.3 × 17.8 × 13 cm (3 1/4 × 7 × 5 1/8 in.)
Description:
This is a Kodak No. 2 Film Pack Hawk-eye camera, produced between 1922 and 1925. It is an all-metal box camera that takes size 520 pack film as opposed to rollfilm, has a rotary shutter and a meniscus lens.
The original Hawk-eye camera series was made by the Boston Camera Company, which was then bought by the Blair Camera Co., who also produced a line of Hawk-eye Detective cameras in the last decades of the 19th century. In 1898, Eastman Kodak bought the Blair Camera Co., moved it to Rochester, and also introduced some cameras with the Hawk-eye name. To see an early prototype of this camera, please refer to object number 1997-1-1674 in this collection.
For this information and more on the Kodak No. 2 Hawk-eye camera and other box cameras in the series, please refer to the following website.
The original Hawk-eye camera series was made by the Boston Camera Company, which was then bought by the Blair Camera Co., who also produced a line of Hawk-eye Detective cameras in the last decades of the 19th century. In 1898, Eastman Kodak bought the Blair Camera Co., moved it to Rochester, and also introduced some cameras with the Hawk-eye name. To see an early prototype of this camera, please refer to object number 1997-1-1674 in this collection.
For this information and more on the Kodak No. 2 Hawk-eye camera and other box cameras in the series, please refer to the following website.
Signedon back compartment: Eastman Kodak Company / Rochester, N.Y.
InscribedOn Leather Handle: NO. 2 FILM PACK HAWK-EYE
On inside of back opening: No. 2 / Film Pack Hawk-Eye / 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 / Use / Kodak Pack Film No. 520 / Patents Pending / MADE IN U.S.A. / BY / Eastman Kodak Company / Rochester, N.Y.
On attached tag: Perhaps some of the photos at Blue Hill were taken by this Kodak No. 2// from BHMO Nov. 1958
On inside of back opening: No. 2 / Film Pack Hawk-Eye / 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 / Use / Kodak Pack Film No. 520 / Patents Pending / MADE IN U.S.A. / BY / Eastman Kodak Company / Rochester, N.Y.
On attached tag: Perhaps some of the photos at Blue Hill were taken by this Kodak No. 2// from BHMO Nov. 1958
Curatorial RemarksFrom tag "Perhaps some of the photos at Blue Hill were taken by this Kodak No. 2// from BHMO Nov. 1958"