Photograph courtesy of Kodak Cameras- The First 100 Years
by Brian Coe ISBN 0 906447 44 5
Patent drawings of the first camera designed by George Eastman with
the very complex shutter mechanism. This was too complex and expensive
to put into manufacture so only 50 were made. A simpler and cheaper single
blade shutter was designed and this went into production as the first Kodak
camera.
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