No. 2 Folding Pocket Kodak

This is a typical camera for the so called family photographer, who wanted to have an easy to use apparatus to take snaps of the children, wife / husband or family dog on the porch. It is

• light
• flat and easy to carry in a pocket
• easy to operate because of the simple shutter settings
• fitted with a fixed focus lens on the models from April 1899 (introduction) to May 1904
• fitted with an automatic focusing lock at 8, 25 and 100 foot positions on the models from May 1904 to April 1910 (discontinuation)

The camera took 9 x 9 cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch) photos on daylight loading film. Its price was $ 15. Over 48,000 were made.
There are two major variations:

• the early models have a leather covered lensboard (1899-May 1904)
• the later ones (May 1904-1909) have a wooden lensboard.

British Journal of Photography, 1899