Kodak Folding Camera

Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006

Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006
Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006

Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006

This Antique Camera over 100 years old exhibits minimal if any surface ware, appears to be complete, untested as to film development capabilities. The only detriment is that the coloration on the leather has flaked off and leaves a brown coloration as photos will show in a few small areas. If necessary the areas where the finish has flaked off the leather can be re-colored as you are aware. There are 3 very small bumps on the case top which are screw heads under the leather where verdigris has built up over the screw head due to chemical reaction.

I've seen this on other cameras of this design. The loading lever functions fine and the shutter appears to function fine. Lenses and 1 View point, earlier issues had 2 view points. I haven't cleaned the lens as found. This is an antique and Very Rare early 1A and Model D release of the Kodak Folding Pocket No.

1A initially from 1899 to 1915 period with many updates or alterations as are present on the Model D No. For its age it's in very good condition, the camera folds and unfolds well.

The Red bellows are in excellent condition as photos will show. The markings on this Pattern dated Camera is April 21, 1908 - Aug 31 1908 Kodak Camera are as follows "POCKET AUTOMATIC" NO. 1A FOLDING POCKET KODAK BY EASTMAN KODAK CO.

PAT APRIL 21, 1908 - AUG 31, 1908 - Impressed in the bottom of the case when removed as photos will show MODEL D. The serial number impressed in the leather on the bottom exterior is 147006. Below I have added additional photos and information on this early Kodak Camera and Kodak history. Please view photos for condition.

Camera has not been tested with film but shutter appears to function fine and lens are clear. An original roll of film is still present in camera as my photos will show. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak was made from 1899 to 1915. It was the camera that introduced the No.

116 rollfim size and it evolved through models A, B, C, and D. Coe lists many UK variations in lenses and shutters. Early models had two finder's, later models had a single finder that could be rotated for horizontal pictures as is located on this Kodak 1A model D camera.

There were a few different model variations of this camera. It had red bellows up until 1912 when they switched to black. Single reflex viewfinder on top of an extended front, which is supported by a scissor-strut mechanism. Shutter speeds are I (Instant), B (Bulb) and T (Time). The aperture is marked with numbers from 1-4 and it takes 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 exposures on 116 roll film.

As noted above the production period was from 1899 - 1915. The Patent date on this 1A Model D camera is Pat April 21, 1908 - Aug. The No 1A Folding Pocket Kodak camera underwent significant design changes, starting from the same basic design as the original Folding Pocket Kodak but then moving to having a self-erecting lens standard and a fold-up bed that covered over the lens when closed as present on this camera. The initial version was essentially the same format as the original Folding Pocket Kodak but has two larger finder windows on the front panel.

Thereafter a sequence of design changes occurred with the models identified as B, C & D. Model B of 1905 adopted a form that set the path towards the familiar folding bed format, although this early design had a self-erecting lens panel. It also had twin finders (one for portrait and one for landscape).

Model C (1906 - 1909) had a single reversible finder and a series of improvements to the shutter. Model D (1909 - 1915) The Lens type from what information I have been able to locate is an Achromatic f11, shutter is a Pocket Automatic. It has the updates from previous models. Also noted on the internet this Model 1A D is Uncommon to find. The folders were a step up from the yet simpler snapshot box cameras; they were intended to meet the needs of advanced amateur photographers, and they were often featured in articles directed at that group in the company's monthly magazine, KODAKERY.

The folding models all had some provision for adjustment to meet varying conditions including focus, aperture and shutter speed. Kodak was rather indiscriminate in assigning model names, so it is a little hard to sort out the different models sometimes because one has to look closely to see the differences. From my research I believe that this early camera is a Model D Kodak 1A Folding Pocket Camera with Single view point and folding cover over the lens front as photos will show. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, model D:The No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, model D was manufactured by the Eastman Kodak Company from 1899 to 1915. It took images 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 on No. The front easily extended with collapsible nickel struts. Covered in seal grain leather and red bellows. The earliest Kodak cameras were box cameras made out of cardboard and wood. The original Kodak camera from 1888 used a type of film that wasn't changeable by the user. Once the film was used up, the user would return the entire camera to Kodak to have the film developed and the camera reloaded. In 1895, the first roll film camera was released that used a primitive type of film that could only be loaded in a darkroom. It wasn't until 1898 that Kodak released the first folding camera to use roll film. The 1898 Pocket Kodak was released and used type 105 roll film which took 2¼" x 3¼" frames on a roll that looked very similar to 120 format roll film, but with different flanges. These early folding Kodak's resembled "Vest" cameras where the front lens element was always visible from the front of the camera. The camera had to be opened via a scissor mechanism which would move the front lens and shutter away from the body of the camera connected by a leather bellows.

History of the Eastman Kodak Camera Co. In 1879 George Eastman, amateur photographer and employee of a bank in Rochester, had invented an emulsion-coating machine for mass production of dry plates and got a patent on it in England. Strong founded the Eastman Dry Plate Company in the town in the north of the state of New York (USA).

In 1883, a year after having solved troubles with bad quality gelatine that spoiled film plates, the company moved to a four-story building which later got the address 343 State Street, longtime headquarters address of the company. In 1884 Eastman and Strong transformed their partnership to a corporation for which they gathered the first shareholders. In 1885 the American Film was introduced, a paper roll film which needed a special development process, made usable with the new Eastman-Walker rollfilm holder. This was used later in the first two Kodak cameras.

However Eastman knew that he needed a transparent film for the future, and hired the chemist Henry H. The transparent roll film would be delivered in 1889.

Eastman's goal in life was to simplify and to popularize photography. The box camera had to be sent back to the factory once all the exposures had been used. The customers got their cameras back with new film roll loaded into it, and the image prints. In 1890 a Kodak folding camera with built-in 48 exposure film roll followed. After years of advertising the brand Kodak the company was renamed Eastman Kodak Co.

Further film rolls cost just 15 cents. The Brownie camera series was continued until 1970. Through the early twentieth century, Kodak produced an increasingly large range of cameras, in an increasing range of film formats - becoming the dominant supplier of both cameras and film. This information came from a variety of sites on the internet including information by Brian Coe as noted above.


Antique Folding Pocket Kodak No 1a Model D Camera Red Bellows 1909-1915 #147006