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Title proper
Kodak Medalist I
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- Object
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Reference code
2005.006.05.34
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1941-1948 (Manufacturing)
- Manufacturer
- Eastman Kodak Company
Physical description area
Physical description
1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; approx. 13.5 x 16 x 11.6 cm
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Item consists of a Kodak Medalist I. It is a 620 film, with a bright finder than attempts to combine the magnified rangefinder and the minified viewfinder. The camera was built during the war and was nicknamed the American Leica, for the design criteria that good pictures could save the lives of soldiers, and the Medalist could take them. It is a medium format, roll film camera with a sharp, multicoated lens, and a rigid aluminum and steel body. The camera has a unique double helical lens tube in place of cloth bellows.
Notes area
Physical condition
No lens cover. Strap and half of case.
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General note
Item is from the PPCM donation, accession number 2013.002. Moved to the Heritage Camera Collection in 2013.