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No. 1A Autographic Kodak Junior Folding Camera with Original Box & Manual
There's something almost ceremonial about the way a folding camera opens — the bed drops, the bellows extend, the lens standard locks into place — and the No. 1A Autographic Kodak Junior does it with the unhurried confidence of a camera made when craftsmanship was the baseline, not the selling point. Eastman Kodak Company produced this model in Rochester, New York from 1914 to 1927, wrapping the body in a fine-grained leatherette, finishing the hardware in nickel, and equipping the front standard with a Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter — a precision mechanism whose patent dates are still legible around the shutter ring more than a century later.
The Autographic feature is what sets this series apart. A small hinged door on the rear opens to a ruby window, and the original metal stylus — still here, still in its slot — could be drawn across special A-116 film backing paper to inscribe a date, a name, a place directly onto the negative before winding. Kodak marketed it as a way to keep your memories straight. In practice, it turned every exposure into a small act of authorship. This example comes with its original cardboard storage box, spine-lettered in gilt, and the original instruction booklet — Picture Taking with the No. 1A Autographic Kodak Junior — both of them having traveled the same century as the camera itself.
CONDITION
Good with age-appropriate wear throughout; untested. The leatherette shows light scuffing and minor edge lifting; nickel hardware carries a gentle tarnish. The bellows show no obvious tears. The original box is heavily worn with tape repairs, corner separations, and edge losses — the gilt spine lettering remains partially legible. The instruction manual shows toning and handling wear to the covers.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Maker: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.
- Model: No. 1A Autographic Kodak Junior
- Production: 1914–1927
- Shutter: Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter (25/50/100, B, T)
- Film Format: A-116 roll film (2½ × 4¼ in. negatives)
- Body Plate No.: 13662
- Bed Plate No.: 13338
- Shutter No.: 13932
- Closed: 4" × 8.25" × 1⅝"
- Open: 8.25" × 4" × 6.75"
- Includes: Camera, original box, original instruction manual
