How about an Antique Portrait taken with our

 Classic 1895 Kodak Model #1 Portrait Camera.

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Photographed on 8x10 Black & White film

Printed using Archival Fiber Base Paper

Sepia Toning

Hand Coloring / Tinting

Mounting and Framing

Note: Adults only (children and pets move around too fast for this old equipment)

 

History of our camera:

A real classic, our camera goes back a long way, even though I am only the second owner. 

This antique was originally purchased by Clifford and Ruth Bullock, of Bullock Studio, Seneca Falls, N.Y.   This small upstate town is about 50 miles from Rochester, the home of Eastman Kodak Co., where the camera was built.  Seneca Falls is also the home of the birthplace of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the 1800's.  The Bullocks used to photograph residents in their 2nd story brick studio.  It is very conceivable that they may have photographed such famous leaders as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but this can't be verified. 

In the early days, they used to photograph using light sensitive coated GLASS PLATES.  It was later that they switched to using film.  In those early days, photography was done with either available light or, in some cases FLASH POWDER, which some photographers used to use to photograph interiors of buildings. 

I remember visiting them in their studio, overlooking the main shopping street.  I'd watch them do hand tinting and coloring of the black & white or sepia toned photographs.  During the holidays they used to work tirelessly til the wee hours.  Nowadays, this is practically a lost art.

In 1970 they decided to retire and offered me their studio equipment.  I ended up purchasing it at a very good price along with my promise that I'd take very good care of it all, especially the 8x10 camera.  Ever since then, I've used the camera in my advertising, business card, etc.

When my mother passed away in the 90's, I found some portraits of my grandfather (who had passed away before I was born).  They were taken by the Bullocks, using the same camera. 

Clifford and Ruth are gone now but the camera that they used for about 70 years lives on.