Kodak No.2 Portrait Hawkeye camera
Object numberP5595a-b
TitleKodak No.2 Portrait Hawkeye camera
CreatorKodak Ltd.
DescriptionA British-made cardboard box camera with two reflecting viewfinders, a 'flip-flop' shutter with facility for time exposures, and a close-up or "portrait" lens operated by the protruding control on the top of the camera. As with most box cameras, normal minimum focussed distance is about 8ft., the close-up lens gives a working distance of 3ft. With faux-crocodile-skin case with strap. Circa 1930s.
Production placeHarrow, England
Production date circa 1930
Production period20th century
Object namecamera, box
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