Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Eastman Home Portrait Outfit (No. 1?)
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1911 References:
EKC Professional Catalog c.1911, p. 24-26
Construction: rear
focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on
top of base rails); double swing; reversing by removable back;
three-piece lens board
Materials: cherry body, cherry base,
red leather bellows;
copper-oxidized brass
Sizes Offered: 8x10
Notes: Eastman
Kodak made at least three versions of the Eastman Home Portrait,
since there is a
Home Portrait
No. 3. They also made two versions of an F&S Home
Portrait, based on Folmer & Schwing view camera designs. This
un-numbered one would presumably be Eastman Home Portrait No. 1
if we were counting. The design of this camera is appears to be
based on the contemporaneously manufactured
R.O.C. View
(Variation 4), from its distinctive tilt hardware, but even this
hardware, while similar, is shorter than its R.O.C. View
counterparts.
Milwaukee Photo Materials Co. Catalogue No. 5, Milwaukee Photo
Materials Co. (Milwaukee, WI), undated c.1907, p.46
Catalogue of
Eastman Professional
Photographic Apparatus and Material,
Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), c.1911,
p. 24-26
Number 30 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic
Outfits, Lenses and Supplies,
Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA), c. 1915,
p. 46
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Outfits and Supplies No. 38,
Sweet, Wallach & Co. (Chicago, IL), c.1915, p.55
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and
Materials 1917, Eastman
Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), pp. 22-23
Catalogue of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1919-1920, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1919, p. 38
Catalogue No. 10 and Bargain Book No. 11 of
Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and Photographic Accessories, 1920-1921;
Central Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1920, p.35
