Camera - Eastman View No. 1
Country
USA
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Description
An Eastman Kodak camera. It is box shaped with an extended track where the bellows can be contracted or extended as required. There is a lens on the front of the camera and rectangular glass plate on the rear side. The lens attached to the front of the camera was manufactured by Thornton Pickard in England.
Classification
PHOTOGRAPHY Cameras Still camera body
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Measurements
L340 x W250 x H280mm
Media/Materials description
Wood
Metal
Glass
Leather
Brass
Metal
Glass
Leather
Brass
Signature/Marks
EASTMAN VIEW NO. 1 \ IMPROVED MODEL OF CENTURY VIEW \ AND EMPIRE STATE NO. 1 \ MANUFACTURED BY \ EASTMAN KODAK CO., ROCHESTER,N.Y. \ U.S.A. \ TRADE MARK RES. U.S. PAT. OFFICE
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ALT(indecipherable)HAM \ THORNTON \ PICKARD \ ENGLAND
EASTMAN VIEW
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ALT(indecipherable)HAM \ THORNTON \ PICKARD \ ENGLAND
EASTMAN VIEW
History and use
An Eastman View No. 1 camera made by the Eastman Kodak Company. This is an improved model of the Empire State camera, and it was manufactured between 1914 and 1924.
Photographic glass plates were used decades before film. The process to make them involved coating the glass plates in a light sensitive emulsion, usually silver salts. The plate was loaded into a camera and the emulsion captured the image on the plate with exposure to light, focused through the camera lens. By the late 19th century, pre-coated gelatin dry plates were available, which were more light sensitive, requiring a shorter exposure time.
Photographic glass plates were used decades before film. The process to make them involved coating the glass plates in a light sensitive emulsion, usually silver salts. The plate was loaded into a camera and the emulsion captured the image on the plate with exposure to light, focused through the camera lens. By the late 19th century, pre-coated gelatin dry plates were available, which were more light sensitive, requiring a shorter exposure time.
Registration number
R4178.1
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