a collection of Art Deco Kodaks featured on the cover of issue 32-3 of Photographic Canadiana
Toronto. … deco that is. In the 1930s and 40s the striking designs of Art Deco were a key factor in the cameras offered by Kodak.
Our late editor, Bob Lansdale explains, “When Modernism blossomed in the 1930s, Eastman Kodak in Rochester hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to guide them in decorating their cameras in the “new” style.
“It led to a complete line of outer packaging, face plates and cover plates in bright colours. Teague had his hand also in designing and shaping new cameras of which some made use of pressure molded Bakelite plastic. See page 4 for story.
“The cover shows “Canadian Made” Kodak cameras of the 1930s and 1940s that Bill and John Kantymir have assembled. Page 13 describes part of their collection.”
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