1919 Kodak No 3A AutoGraphic Folding Camera: 1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the...

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the Eastman Kodak Company. It used 122 roll film, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". It was also known as the "postcard" camera because the size of its film. Original Price $50.50

122 rolled film was discontinued in 1971

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Beard43 Loc: End of the Oregon Trail

Very nice camera. I have a 3A autographic Model C, and a 2C Autographic Jr.

Ron

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

Beard43 wrote:

Very nice camera. I have a 3A autographic Model C, and a 2C Autographic Jr.

Ron

Cool, are they still in working condition? Thanks for looking at mine.

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

dwmoar wrote:

1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the Eastman Kodak Company. It used 122 roll film, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". It was also known as the "postcard" camera because the size of its film. Original Price $50.50

122 rolled film was discontinued in 1971

Fantastic!! My grandfather had one in 1920 era. He took many photos, of & around a timber mill he lived & worked at. The photos have been handed down the line to me. Crazy not being in archival care for posterity.
I do have my own copies of them of course.
I have recently donated the B&W negatives of the mill & surrounds, 100 in all, of historic significance to our timber milling industry in our state of Western Australia.
I still have the camera but the bellows has deteriorated, & I haven’t been able to get it repaired.
The clarity of the photos are razor sharp, the lenses must be very good quality to produce such pics.
Over 100 years old.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

My mom had one that used 116 roll film, auto graphic. It disappeared long ago though. They were capable cameras, particularly in a day when contract prints were far and away the most common prints seen. Enlargers were expensive and deemed unnecessary for family pictures.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

Bunko.T wrote:

Fantastic!! My grandfather had one in 1920 era. He... (show quote)

Thanks for looking and thanks for the information

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

mikegreenwald wrote:

My mom had one that used 116 roll film, auto graphic. It disappeared long ago though. They were capable cameras, particularly in a day when contract prints were far and away the most common prints seen. Enlargers were expensive and deemed unnecessary for family pictures.

Thanks for checking it out

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

dwmoar wrote:

1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the Eastman Kodak Company. It used 122 roll film, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". It was also known as the "postcard" camera because the size of its film. Original Price $50.50

122 rolled film was discontinued in 1971

Nobody's mentioned the autographic feature yet - there was a small window on the back of the camera, and when opened, it revealed an area of the film covered with a carbon-paper-like tissue paper. Then a stylus looking like a baby nutpick was used to write a caption right onto the exposed file. The writing broke the carbon-paper surface, so the area of lighting was exposed to light. I don't see the stylist in the camera's photo.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

DWU2 wrote:

Nobody's mentioned the autographic feature yet - there was a small window on the back of the camera, and when opened, it revealed an area of the film covered with a carbon-paper-like tissue paper. Then a stylus looking like a baby nutpick was used to write a caption right onto the exposed file. The writing broke the carbon-paper surface, so the area of lighting was exposed to light. I don't see the stylist in the camera's photo.

Your right there is a small window covered with a metal flap that covers it on the back at the top, but I don't have the stylist. I also don't see where the stylist would be stored when not in use.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

dwmoar wrote:

1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the Eastman Kodak Company. It used 122 roll film, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". It was also known as the "postcard" camera because the size of its film. Original Price $50.50

122 rolled film was discontinued in 1971

Ultra-Man Loc: Budapest, Hungary

I have the same camera from 1926, still with original box and manual.

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mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

I also have one in my camera collection.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Very nice. I have a similar one that belonged to my grandfather.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

dwmoar wrote:

1919 Kodak No.3A Autographic Folding Camera

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie camera, was produced from 1914-1934. by the Eastman Kodak Company. It used 122 roll film, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". It was also known as the "postcard" camera because the size of its film. Original Price $50.50

122 rolled film was discontinued in 1971

Yours looks like a very nice example. That 1913 price is equivalent to $1,433 today - quite an extravagance in that day. With such a late date of discontinuance of the 122 film, I wonder if more modern cameras used that size spool film much later than the discontinuance of those folders.

Stan

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

DWU2 wrote:

Nobody's mentioned the autographic feature yet - there was a small window on the back of the camera, and when opened, it revealed an area of the film covered with a carbon-paper-like tissue paper. Then a stylus looking like a baby nutpick was used to write a caption right onto the exposed file. The writing broke the carbon-paper surface, so the area of lighting was exposed to light. I don't see the stylist in the camera's photo.

Here’s a smaller autographic (127a film size) with a detail shot of the back of the camera. The stylus is at the top.

This is from a photography exhibit at the National World War 1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

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