"Bantam Special" Camera Designer: Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1960)
Designer: Chester William Crumrine (American, 1889–1952)
Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Company (American, founded 1892)

Designed 1936; manufactured 1936–40

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Enameled and chromium-plated aluminum, steel, glass, plastic and paperboard

Dimensions

camera: 3 3/16 × 4 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (8.1 × 12.4 × 4.5 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.1

Geography

Designed in New York, New York, Manufactured in Rochester, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

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Provenance
John C. Waddell, New York, 1986–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 24
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 303, no. 208
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

"MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER N.Y.” stamped and printed on lens body; “KODAK / BANTAM SPECIAL / MADE IN U.S.A. BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y.,” molded in high relief on interior of hinged front panel; “5247145,” on side of lens; “USE KODAK FILM / PANATOMIC F-828 / KODACHROME K-828 / SUPER x x-828 / It gets the Picture / No. 60556 [vertical],” printed in black on white sticker with blue border affixed to inside of back panel; “PAT. IN U.S.A. 2,027,333 / DES.90589 2,039,709 / des.99906 2,039,737 / 1,356,595 2,043,926 / 1,610,153 2,043,968 / 1,682,813 2,047,257 / 1,997,332 2,054,035 / 1,997,333 / [illegible] ED IN U.S.A. NO. 60557,” printed in black on yellow sticker with blue border affixed to inside of back panel

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