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  • We acquired this object.

1936

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

2019

2025

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Bantam Special Camera Camera

This is a camera. It was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Chester W. Crumrine and produced by Eastman Kodak Company. It is dated designed 1936; manufactured 1936-1940. Its medium is bakelite (tm), steel, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of George R. Kravis II. It is credited Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 4.8 × 7.9 cm (1 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On inside of lens cover: [KODAK / BANTAM SPECIAL / MADE IN U.S.A. BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y.]; Paper label inside film door: [USE KODAK FILM / PANATOMIC F-828 / KODACHROME K-828 / SUPER X X-828 / It gets the Picture] / [NO. 60556] Patent label inside film door: [PAT. IN U.S.A. DES. 90589 / DES. 99906 / 1,356,595 / 1,610,153 / 1,682,813 / 1,997,332 / 1,997,333 / 2,027,333 / 2,039,709 / 2,039,737 / 2,043,926 / 2,043,968 / 2,047,257 / 2,054,035 / PRINTED IN U.S.A. NO. 60557]

Cite this object as

Bantam Special Camera Camera; Designed by Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1960), Chester W. Crumrine (American, 1889 - 1952); Produced by Eastman Kodak Company (United States); bakelite (tm), steel, glass; H x W: 4.8 × 7.9 cm (1 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection; 2019-29-2

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