box for Kodak EK4 instant camera in original carton
Date: circa 1976
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1682b
Classification: Camera
Subject:
Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (1881-present)
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Dimensions:
box: 9.6 × 18 × 21.5 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
box, blueboard: 10.8 × 38.7 × 23.5 cm (4 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Description:
Produced from 1976 to 1978, the Kodak EK4 Instant Camera originally retailed for $53.50, and was the first instant camera made by Kodak. It uses PR10 pack film, and there were several models made, including the Kodamatic camera. The focus is manual, and the exposure control is automatic. There is a manual crank for film processing. Kodak instant cameras stopped being produced in 1986 after the company lost a patent infringement suit from Polaroid.
Signedon small metal plate on front: Kodak
InscribedRight front: MADE IN U.S.A. / PRINT CONTROL
Curatorial Remarks1998-1-1982a-b stored together in same blue board container. SMS 4/2/2019
ProvenancePurchased by the donor's father from the Kodak manufacturing facility in Rochester, NY. He worked for Kodak for 35 years. See letter in 1998-1-1676.