Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY)
Folding Kodak Improved (Satchel Kodak) No. 4 (c.1894)
4x5
Notes:
The "Satchel" Kodak set the form for many a hand and stand camera to
follow: a leather-covered box, the front from which popped out the lens
and bellows, a ground glass back, protected by a hinged door, and space
behind to store three two-sided plate holders. The Kodak had the
additional feature of fitting an Eastman-Walker Roll Film Holder,
which allowed up to 100 photographs to be taken before reloading.
This example appears to be the type advertised in 1894 and 1895, and has the Bausch & Lomb Iris Diaphragm Shutter, which
was patented in 1891.
The Kodak Manual for the No. 5 Folding Kodak has been scanned and
posted.
References:
The
Eastman Products 1895, Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), dated
1895, pp.38-41
