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Offered for auction from a recent Estate sale  is the following an

ANTIQUE EASTMAN KODAK “RAINBOW HAWK-EYE NO. 2 MODEL C “ BOX CAMERA, ROCHESTER, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A. --

Below is additional information on this Antique Used camera manufactured from 1916 and then as noted below reissued in 1930 for Kodak's 50th anniversary. The camera is as received from estate sale.

This Vintage camera exhibits minimal if any ware on the Leatherette clad cardboard exterior frame corners as photo shows. Photographs have been taken indoor and outdoors in direct sunlight hopefully to bring out the best of this early Kodak camera. The camera appears to be complete including the leather handle strap which reads as follows (RAINBOW HAWK-EYE NO. 2 MODEL C). It is untested as to film development capabilities. The metal film holder insert has the following information impressed into metal.

    • MADE IN U.S.A. BY - EASTMAN KODKA CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
    • A printed tag on the metal film holder reads as follows
    • RAINBOW HAWK-EYE NO. 2 MODEL C. - MADE IN. U.S.A.
    • BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
    • PATENTED IN U.S.A. 1,169,882 - 1,613,365
    • PRINTED IN U.S.A. NO. 41919
    • USE KODAK FILM V-120 OR 120
    • The loading leaver functions fine and the shutter appears to function fine. Lenses appear to be in good condition when looking out the one viewfinder. I haven’t cleaned the lenses as found. I have tried my best to define this early Kodak Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2 Model C camera. Below I have added additional photos and information on this early Kodak Camera. Please view photos for condition. Camera is sold as is. Camera has not been tested with film but shutter appears to function fine and viewfinder lens is quite clear which is the way I received it. Below photos, description and history of the Eastman Kodak Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2 Model C Box camera.

    EASTMAN KODAK RAINBOW HAWK-EYE NO. 2 MODEL C BOX CAMERA
    The original Hawk-eye cameras were box-shaped cameras for 4x5" glass plates, made by the Boston Camera Co. This was absorbed by Blair Camera Co. in 1890, who in turn were taken over by Eastman Kodak in 1899.

    The Hawk-eye No. 2 was a simple box camera with no adjustments and inexpensive construction. It has a cardboard body (this can be seen in the worn corners of the camera illustrated above). The body is covered with black leatherette and it has a real leather strap on top. They were made from 1913 onwards, and this particular one was produced in Great Britain (see leatherette imprint). It uses 120 film to make 6×9 cm pictures. British and American users may have thought of this as 2 ¼ × 3 ¼ inches.

    The Hawk-eye No. 2 has two viewfinders. Both are small brilliant finders, one seen from above and the other from the right side of the camera. The camera uses a simple meniscus lens behind the shutter.

    The silver winding key protruding from the side of the camera is turned in the direction of the arrow to advance the film. Frames are counted via a red window in the back. Opening the camera is less obvious. Even after opening the eye-locks, it does not seem possible to separate the halves of the body. Only after pulling the winding lever outwards will they come apart.

    An ad placed inside the camera advises you to insist on Kodak 120 film, either regular or Verichrome. (The latter was not a color film; it was an improved B&W emulsion introduced by Kodak in 1931, with better sensitivity to green and yellow light.)

    The shutter is of the simple "guillotine" type. It has just one speed, which sounds like 1/30s. Two apertures are available through a pull-out strap on the top of the box. This will put openings of different diameters in the pathway of the light.

    The Hawk-Eye No. 2 model C of 1913 was a simpler model with just one viewfinder which is the design of the Hawk-Eye No. 2 Model C offered for auction, with this model also there is no choice of aperture. This version was reissued in 1930 for Kodak's 50th anniversary: For this, the company offered a free Hawk-eye camera to any child of 12 in that year. Approximately 550,000 of these were issued, identified by a glided paper seal on the side of the camera.

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