Kodak No. 2 Tripod

This Kodak No, 2 tripod has a patent date of 1911, making the maximum age 111 years.  Because the tripod remained in the Kodak catalog through the 1930s it could be as little as 80 years old.  This one came from Goodwill with a ball head that did not have a manufacturer's name marked on it.  The ball head probably is not a Kodak product because I did not find a match in the old Kodak catalogs that were on line.  When I got it the legs were swinging loose, so I tightened the bolts holding the legs to the top of the tripod.  The legs are brass and the remaining parts are nickel plated steel.  The tripod fits cameras with a 1/4"-20 thread.  There is a leather case.  The ball head is chrome plated steel.  The legs have pointed feet.  Kodak did have rubber shoes for the feet to keep from scratching floors, but those are missing.  The legs extend to 49-1/2 inches.

Eastman Kodak Company used to make more than just film.  There was a wide range of cameras and photographic accessories ranging from commercial and industrial products to hobbyist products.  Their hobbyist handbook, "How to Make Good Pictures", even included formulas for darkroom chemicals.