Cover shot of a Kodak Six-20 sitting on a Six-16. Note the Octagonal shutter plate
Toronto. One of the Art Deco features Kodak used was an octagonal shutter plate at the front of some cameras. This included the Kodak Brownie Six-20 folder my dad bought in the late 30s and used until he gave it to me.
A follow-up article (by Rick Soloway and Ralph London) on the Art Deco trend at Kodak was published in issue 33-3 of our journal. The photo at left is the cover shot of that issue dated Dec 2007/Jan 2008 (photo courtesy of Mr Soloway).
Inside the journal, editor Bob Lansdale wrote, “In this issue look to pages five through seven for a revealing story on the chase for octagons in-and-on Kodak cameras.
“Researchers Rick Soloway and Ralph London previously provided in Photographic Canadiana, Vol. 32-3 of December 2006 the interesting tome on camera designer Walter Dorwin Teague.
“Their new story is a carry-on when they suddenly realized the proliferation of octagon shapes and symbols in the Teague era cameras. A number of collectors also joined in on the search for hidden and minuscule shapings.”
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