Ingraham Company. <em>Camera, No. 1A Gift Kodak</em>, ca.1930. Metal, leather, In upright, closed position (handle at top, bellows collapsed): 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (21 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 72.18a. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 72.18a_SL3.jpg)

Ingraham Company. Camera, No. 1A Gift Kodak, ca.1930. Metal, leather, In upright, closed position (handle at top, bellows collapsed): 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (21 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 72.18a. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 72.18a_SL3.jpg)

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Camera, No. 1A Gift Kodak

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

MANUFACTURERS Ingraham Company; Eastman Kodak Co.

DESIGNER Walter Dorwin Teague, American, 1883–1960

MEDIUM Metal, leather

Place Manufactured: Rochester, New York, United States

DATES ca.1930

DIMENSIONS In upright, closed position (handle at top, bellows collapsed): 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (21 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm) In upright, open position (handle at top, bellows opened): 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (21 x 9.2 x 16.2 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Plate inside rectangular panel: "No. 1A Gift Kodak / Made in USA By / Eastman Kodak Co. / Rochester, N.Y."

SIGNATURE no signature

INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 72.18a

CREDIT LINE H. Randolph Lever Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION "No. 1A Gift Kodak," bellows type camera in metal case, partially covered in brown leather with rectangular portion over bellows enameled on silver with modernist designs in red, dark brown, and tan. Circular plate around lens also enameled with red, dark brown, and tan. Leather carrying strap attached to one end with metal. CONDITION: Good, a few chips in brown enamel plate covering bellows.

EXHIBITIONS

The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION Ingraham Company. Camera, No. 1A Gift Kodak, ca.1930. Metal, leather, In upright, closed position (handle at top, bellows collapsed): 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (21 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 72.18a. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 72.18a_SL3.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 72.18a_SL3.jpg., 2017

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