Featured in this lot is this 1954-1958 Kodak Retinette Type 022 camera and assorted photography accessories. Mr. George Eastman, who founded the Eastman Dry Plate Company in the late 1800s, was developing a device that would allow photographic positives to be recorded on sheets of paper coated in emulsion. He devised a holder for Eastman's photo plates with the assistance of William Walker, another photographer. In addition to the renowned Thomas Edison, Eastman reduced the size of 40mm filmstock to 35mm. Edison's initial creations paved the way for the creation of the Kinetoscope, a single-person motion picture machine. The meaningless term "Kodak," which Eastman trademarked in 1888, would quickly take on a meaning of its own and grow to become one of the most recognizable brands in the world. The business had a patent for a pocket camera by 1897. By 1900, they had introduced the 'Brownie,' a straightforward meniscus-lens cardboard box camera that produced 2 1/4-inch square images on 117 roll film. Kodak advanced research and development with the help of its newfound success. The business introduced Kodachrome in 1935, and it became an instant hit with the general public. The camera that the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission used on the moon was made by Kodak in 1969. Lunar Orbiter I used Kodak hardware to take the first-ever image of Earth from deep space. Six years later, Steve Sassen, an engineer who worked for the company in research and development invented the digital camera. But even though they were largely responsible for creating the digital camera, the company didn't devote enough attention to digital photography, and companies like Nikon and Canon quickly surpassed them. After 74 years of production, Kodak stopped selling 35mm color film in 2009 due to significant financial losses directly caused by the emergence of digital photography. This camera plays an important role to Kodak's initial success in creating consumer cameras as it was a less expensive alternative to the companies Kodak Retina series. This was the first, non-folding (rigid) variant at the time and most of these cameras featured a Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar lens. The assorted accessories in this lot include a Brownie Darkroom Lamp Model B Series 0 light to develop photos, a Star-D 220 Flash light for cameras with the original instruction book, a Walz Self-Timer for the camera made in Japan, a very nice tooled leather case housing a Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart Teleskop 1.7x lens and original manual, a small pocket size dust brush and a Sunset Tilt-A-Mite fan flasher with original manual. The camera shows good condition overall with some wear from its age and use over the years while the case shows significant wear. The other items in this collection show wear from their age and use over the years but no obvious signs of damage are noted. The camera measures 2 1/2" L x 5" W x 3 3/8" H. The collective weight of all the items is 3 pounds and 2 ounces.