Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak Camera
date: label: date made
content: 1910s
name: label: maker
content: Eastman Kodak Company
notes: label: Description
content: Kodak Vest Pocket cameras were first introduced in 1914 for producing postcards. On the Autographic models, a stylus stored at the back of the camera allowed for marking negatives with information, dates, or titles. These cameras remained popular for decades, including many models marketed to soldiers and families for capturing memories during the World War I and II eras.
label: Description
content: From its invention in 1839, the camera has evolved to fit many needs, from aerial to underwater photography and everything in between. Cameras allow both amateur and professional photographers to capture the world around us. The Smithsonian’s historic camera collection includes rare and unique examples of equipment, and popular models, related to the history of the science, technology, and art of photography.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norman Wootton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0066.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0066.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0066
label: catalog number
content: 83.066
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera, folding
label: Other Terms
content: camera, folding; Rollfilm; Hand; Bellows
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 6.1 cm x 8 cm; 4 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in