No. 3 Kodak  (1889)

This is a big box camera, being 11,5 inch (29 cm) long, that took pictures of 3,25 x 4,25 inch (8,3 x 10,8 cm). In the video you can see such a photo. Compared with the bulk of the camera it is rather a small picture. Its picture/bulk ratio is 30% (see pull down menu above the chronological list for an explanation). A few years later, this was much improved, for instance in the 1896 No. 2 Bulls-eye (ratio 50%).
The No. 3 Kodak belongs to the first generation of Kodaks. It was introduced in December 1889 and discontinued in 1897. With a price of $ 40 it was no poor man's camera. It was aimed at the more wealthy amateur, who didn't want to bother with technics, but just liked to take snaps. The camera has the most necessary settings only: a pull string to cock the shutter, a wheel (on top) to set the distance, a button to fire the shutter, and a key to wind the film. It's also possible to change the diaphragm and to set the shutter for time exposures, but for ordinary snaps there was no need to do so.
The No. 3 Kodak is not really rare, 4050 were made, but nevertheless it is not often seen today.