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"Gift Kodak" camera with original box and packaging

(American, 1883–1960)
1930–31
Object PlaceRochester, New York
Medium/TechniqueLeather, enameled metal, camera parts; cedar box with enameled metal decoration; cardboard box
DimensionsOverall (outer cardboard box): 6.7 x 23.2 x 12.1 cm (2 5/8 x 9 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Overall (inner wooden box): 6.4 x 22.4 x 11.1 cm (2 1/2 x 8 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Overall (camera): 9.2 x 21 x 4 cm (3 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1443.1-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1986, owned by Frances W. Cary (dealer), Hollywood, Florida; February 7, 1986, sold by Cary to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
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