Kodak A-2, Aerial, Camera
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Eastman Kodak Company
- Physical Description
- Hand-held, olive-drab painted metal camera with wooden handles.
- Summary
- The Kodak A-2 hand-held aerial camera is displayed with the deHavilland DH-4 aircraft as it was used by the United States Army Air Service in World War I to take oblique photos over the side of an open-cockpit aircraft. The camera has two 4x5 plate magazines, "iron sights" and strap. Model A2 was used by USAAS in World War I; the A1 was used by the Navy (see A19830030000) .
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19830029000
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Materials
- wood, brass, painted tin or steel, leather
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 x 17in. (17.8 x 43.2cm)
- 3-D: 43.2 × 17.8 × 19.7cm (17 × 7 × 7 3/4 in.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A19830029000
Hand-held, olive-drab painted metal camera with wooden handles.
