AN EASTMAN KODAK 'BANTAM SPECIAL' BLACK ENAMELED AND CHROMIUM-PLATED METAL CAMERA, designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, circa 1935, the black enameled body divided by horizontal chromium-plated metal bands, hinged lens cover molded KODAK BANTAM SPECIAL MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.--4 3/4 IN. (12 cm.) long

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AN EASTMAN KODAK 'BANTAM SPECIAL' BLACK ENAMELED AND CHROMIUM-PLATED METAL CAMERA, designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, circa 1935, the black enameled body divided by horizontal chromium-plated metal bands, hinged lens cover molded KODAK BANTAM SPECIAL MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.--4 3/4 IN. (12 cm.) long

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cf.Donald J. Bush, The Streamlined Decade, George Brazillier, New York, 1975, p.19;
Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 272, for illustrations of similar models

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