Motion Picture Camera

Name/Title

Motion Picture Camera

Entry/Object ID

2021.22.1a-b

Description

Kodak home movie camera and case. The camera is rectangular and covered in black leather. A small, round metal lens sticks out from the front. At the base of the lens is a pointed mechanism for adjusting the aperture; the mechanism sticks out to indicate the f-stop on a metal chart mounted to the body of the camera. A glass viewfinder is inset into the upper left corner of the front, viewable from a glass lens at the top of the camera. There is also a pop-up metal viewfinder. A short leather handle stretches across the length of the top. The right side of the camera has a metal crank for advancing the film inside the camera. The left side of the camera has a latch for opening up the side. The camera is held in a carrying case covered on the exterior with black leather and the interior with brown wool felt.

Context

Used by Kenneth J. Kirk, Sr., and Gertrude Mackie Kirk in Barre, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2021.22

Source or Donor

Higgins, Joan K.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Eastman Kodak Co.

Date made

1920 - 1930

Place

City

Rochester

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Camera, Motion Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Camera

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Camera Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Photographic T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Material

Metal, Glass, Leather, Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kirk, Gertrude Mackie (1895-1984)

Person or Organization

Kirk, Kenneth Johnson, Sr. (1894-1981)

Related Places

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America