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This box once held one of Major Powell-Cotton's early cameras - a Kodak 'One'. This camera was produced by the Eastman Dry Plate Company in New York; the trademark 'Kodak' was registered in 1888. In 1889 Percy Cotton took a Kodak 'One' on his 'Round the World' Trip.
Unfortunately the camera no longer exists, but the box, found recently in the Museum cellar, and the photographs the young Percy Cotton took with it remain.
This camera was the first produced for non-expert use. It was the predecessor of the Kodak 'Brownie' and 'Instamatic' cameras.
The Kodak 'One' was preloaded with rolled film for 100 exposures. When all the photographs had been taken the film had to be sent away for processing.
The photographs produced by the camera were circular images about 6 cm in diameter. We have several hundred images taken by Major Powell-Cotton in Europe and in northern India. One is of a bull fight in Spain in 1889.