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EASTMAN KODAK Co - N°2 Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model C (1929-1933)

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    N°2 Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model C
      Vermilion                                   Green                                 Brown

No less than 78 models of Hawk-Eye cameras were made by Eastman Kodak. The N°2 Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model C was manufactured from 1930 to 1933.
Before being made by Eastman Kodak, the Hawk-Eye cameras were produced by the Boston Camera Company. In 1890, this company sold the Hawk-Eye patent to the Blair Camera Company which pursue the production until this company was bought by Eastman Kodak in 1907.

This camera used 120 film format. The body is in cardboard. Internal parts are in wood, metal and cardboard. This camera is equiped with a meniscus lens. No aperture and a single rotary shutter. These camera were made for premium sales. Some of these cameras were used for promotion displaying a label on the right face.

The Model C exists in 5 colors : Vermilion, Green, Brown, Blue and Marron.

When you go hunting for old cameras, it is always the whims of fate. Sometime you go back with nothing, some other you are more lucky. That was my case this famous day... I was gallivanting about old cameras in Somerville, New Jersey. In an antics store I discovered this green Rainbow Hawk-Eye. For $10 it was a very good deal that I did not miss...
A block ahead, another antics store. This time I found the vermilion and the brown ones. Both are in a pristine condition and solded $12 each. This day, I returned to my hotel with a big smile on my face.

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