Eastman Kodak, the Eastman Company
Snapshots made with a No. 2 Kodak Camera, 1890s

Due to the rather non-stellar performance of their simple lenses, the first two versions of Eastman's Kodak Camera made round negatives instead of rectangular or square ones. The original Kodak Camera, later referred to as the No. 1 Kodak Camera, took 2 5/8 inch diameter round images, while the No. 2 Kodak took 3½ inch images.

The photographs were developed and then mounted onto gilt-edged cardstock at the Eastman factory. The back of each photograph identified Eastman as the manufacturer of the Kodak camera, listing both Rochester, NY and London, England as locations of Eastman factories:


A typical Victorian scene; a group of well-dressed women set to 
push off in their canoe for some recreation on a lake or pond


Man and horse: A common theme in late-1800s snapshot photography


Another man and another horse; this image, though, is now badly faded


Detail from the bottom of this snapshot indicates that
this was a sample image sent to prospective buyers of the No. 2 Kodak camera

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