No.2 Bull's-Eye Camera

Heres some interesting details about this camera:

Basic wood box camera with leather covering. Film

loads from the top of camera and uses either #101

rollfilm or double plateholders. Simple rotary-disc

shutter. Collector;s value: $50-$75

This camera was originally made by the Boston Camera

Manufacturing Co. and was introduced in 1892 Kodak

purchased the company in 1895 and continued the line

of cameras under the Kodak name. This camera is

historically important because itis the first camera

to to use the numbered paper-backed rollfilm and red

window so you could see which film frame you were using.

Interesting note: The leather covering hides a beautiful

polished wood exterior.

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Ken Riley Photographics, Pittsburgh, PA. USA

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