Re: Disposable cameras

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Kodak's cameras of the late 1880s and 1890s were neither cheap, nor
> disposable.  Yes, they were returned to Rochester via US Mail for
> processing ("You Press the Button, We Do the Rest"), but the same
> camera was then re-loaded (100 exposures) and returned via mail
> presumably along with the stack of 100 successful prints.  The $25
> cost in 1888 dollars placed it in about the same upscale market the SX70
> enjoyed when it came out.

How did that 25-cents per print (including camera, film, and processing) compare
with other systems available at the time?  Was it relatively expensive 
and upscale when compared with the market as it existed *then*?

Mike K.


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