Kodak, No 5 Cartridge  -  As found

 ©  Harry Wilson, Melton South, Victoria, Australia:  February 13, 2009

Kodak, No 5 Cartridge  -  Undergoing restoration

 ©  Harry Wilson, Melton South, Victoria, Australia:  February 13, 2009

Kodak, No 5 Cartridge  -  with Lennie Name Plate

 ©  Harry Wilson, Melton South, Victoria, Australia:  February 13, 2009

 

Lennie

Thank you to Harry Wilson, Melton South, Victoria, Australia, for allowing me to reproduce these  photographs of a Kodak No 5 Cartridge camera with an E Lennie nameplate that he has been restoring. Harry Wilson writes:

No5 Cartridge Kodak "I came across an old No5 Cartridge Kodak camera with the name plate of 'E Lennie, Optician, Edinburgh'.  © This model was manufactured from 1898 to 1907.  It used both roll film and 5x7 plate holders, and was the largest daylight- loading Kodak roll film camera. This one has a metal front not wooden so I can assume it was the Model E from 1901 to 1907."

Restoration "The camera was in a lot of stress and was a candidate for the rubbish tip. © I have restored the camera except for the lens/shutter assembly  which I am on the lookout for."

Please click here to see a history of the Lennie business, based on extracts from the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories.