Kodak Hawkeye Model C: Making Photography Personal
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The Kodak Hawkeye is an example of a box camera, a type of consumer camera extremely popular in the early 20th Century which helped to democratize the practice of photography and popularize the informal snapshot. The Hawkeye was introduced in 1913 and dozens of different versions were produced, including the Kodak 50th Anniversary edition of which 550,000 were given away in 1932.
Played with one of these as a kid, not sure where it went. My great grandfather was Henry Van Derhoef, president of the Kodak roll coating division, he held many patents with Kodak and was friends with George. Our other cameras are still with us... Nice to see it again.
Have one of those. Good pix, even today.
Yes.👍👍 Used right, they take GREAT photos. It IS after all a medium (120) format camera.! I have several old 120 film cameras (TLRs, Folders, "Boxes") Not every 120-film shooter uses a Hasselblad!
Is it possible to clean the view finders?
I can't see through mine. Never thought about actually using it, kinda curious now.
@@BIG-DIPPER-56 Yes.
A very interesting look back to the early days of photography and Kodak's role in delivering the technology to the masses.
I have a #2 Hawkeye in my camera collection. I bought it when I was about 12 at a flea market for probably $2. (this was in the mid 1970s) It was OLD, and it was COOL. I still like stuff that's OLD and COOL. I don't collect for "investment", I collect for fun. I'm an old camera nerd, NOT for the high-end Lecia's and such., I'll leave that to the rich! Old Kodak, Ansco, Argus and obscure Japanese brands are on my shelves (Along with My Nikon D750. Is THAT vintage yet? 🤔 LOL.)
Thanks!
Now I know a bit about that old camera!
I had Ansco's version--found it at a garage sale and used it in the 70's as a child. Not sure what happened to it. I suppose my folks threw it away.
George Eastman funded my childhood years. Kodak, Rochester NY
In a way the Kodak #1 was the forerunner of the "disposable" camera. Fun Fact, for all of the mistakes the Eastman Kodak Company made late in the 20th Century, the names Eastman and Kodak should still be revered by anyone that's into photography (and cinematography!). BTW 120 film is STILL around.
It's crazy to think that Kodak was intelligent enough to design something like this back when the technology was in its infancy, but didn't have the business acumen to adapt to digital photography.
Kinda glad i can get analog film from them still today. Also cimema still relies on 35 and 70mm film which afaik is made only by them. I guess they found something they were good at and stuck with it