Description
Kodak Vest Pocket Vest model B, 1925-34
The Vest Pocket Kodak cameras were a best-selling folding camera series by Eastman Kodak (Rochester) from 1912 to 1935. They were the first cameras to use the smaller 127 film reels. “Hawk-Eye” versions of the Vest Pocket Kodaks were premium models, and the “Special” models had more sophisticated lens/shutter combinations. A special Vest Pocket wooden development tank for the type 127 roll film was available from Kodak and a special Vest Pocket enlarging camera.
Vest Pocket Kodak Model B (1925-1934)
This was a pretty different camera, a primitive folding bed camera for making 4×6.5cm exposures on 127 films. It was also marketed as Boy Scout Kodak and Girl Scout Kodak with new front plate designs by Walter Dorwin Teague. A coloured version was branded, Kodak Petite. Its lens was a doublet in a rotary shutter or a Kodak Periscopic lens in a Kodak shutter. The lens typically had four apertures, set by a thumb-wheel on the side of the shutter block, and numbered 1-4.
The Model B had to be loaded through the front side after removing the whole bed and bellows unit. It was produced from 1925 to 1934 and cost $7.50. It had the “autographic” feature.
Source http://camera-wiki.org
