The Vest Pocket Kodak cameras were one of the series of folding cameras most sold manufactured by Eastman Kodak (Rochester), 1912 to 1935 were the first to use the cameras 127 rolls smaller film. The" Hawk-Eye" Vest Pocket versions of the Kodaks were premium models, and" Special" models were more sophisticated combinations of lenses and shutters. Kodak made available to the developing tank special timber for the roll type 127, as well as a special camera film expansion Vest Pocket.
Kodak Vest Pocket , which is marketed in several models from 1912 to 1937 approximately . We have in our collection with 4 of these cameras in different colors
This camera is popularly known as " Kodak of the soldier" since it was launched to the market shortly before world War I and some of its features were really appropriate for wartime living world: it was folded, small, light and easy to handle. The camera became known under this name in different countries, hence the advertising held worldwide . In your ads Kodak tried to present the camera as a form of distraction and entertainment in hard times experienced in the race. At the end of the war Kodak had sold over 1 million units
One of the peculiarities of this camera is that since 1915 included the system" Autographic" , which allowed write with a kind d and small punch on the negative by a small window. The short text appeared white to the bottom of the image when the picture is positivaba. It was a way to identify, locate and date the photographs . It was not only taking pictures to those closest, but remember forever places or events experienced, this took on a special meaning in the case of the soldiers.
