“No.1 Pocket Kodak”

This camera sat on a stairwell ledge in my parents’ condominium many years ago, but I don't know who might have been the owner.

A couple web pages with images and info:
» “No. 1 Pocket Kodak” at Vintage Camera Lab
» “Pocket Kodak No. 1 Series II” at Camerapedia Wiki

And a YouTube video: “Kodak No.1 Pocket Folding 120 Camera Review” at YouTube

The video illuminates what is meant by the information that this camera has an "autographic feature." (Go to 2:50 in the video!) As Rob Nunn says in the video, “it was like the original Exif data for photographs”! Therefore, the camera came with a metal stylus, but as noted at the Camerapedia page, “Very often the stylus is lost on cameras you find at photographica fairs.”

Thanks to a flickr page, I was able to pry open the camera and confirm that there is no longer film in this one.

This is a pretty cool piece of machinery for 1922–1931. I will have to take more photos of this antique … with more depth of field next time.

[ IMG_0121S9x6tm :: f/2.8 :: 1/80" :: ISO-400 :: 60mm :: foldio ]

[Simply Amanda]

How marvelous!

[Jane Anderson]

Very interesting info! I'm surprised by the accurate descriptor "pocket." It must have been so revolutionary to have a convenient camera you could take with you. Just a generation previous, the only option for most people was to go to a professional studio. Our parents grew up during this time, but only one has photos of childhood around the farm. Of the four, his was the poorest and most thrifty family too.