The two cameras pictured are both made by Kodak. They are both in nice shape and functional. The camera on the left is a 2A Folding Autographic Camera. The camera on the right is a No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Automatic, Model B. We took this photograph in our dining room with a Nikon Z7 II. Lighting was handled by a small LED flashlight.
The camera on the left was made between January 1917 and October 1918. It is, what Kodak termed, Autographic. Autographic simply means, on the back of the camera there is a small slit with a light tight door. When the door is opened the paper backing of the 120 film is visible. The photographer could open the door and write a note, for example an autograph, on the paper backing. The note was in turned burned into the margin of the negative.
The camera on the right with the red bellows was manufactured sometime after Nov, 1902. The camera was discontinued in 1915. Starting in 1911, the red bellows were replaced with black bellows on models sent to the UK. The exact date of manufacture is unkown, but it was probably made prior to 1911. There is one definitive date on this camera. If you look at the red bellows closely you can see where a previous owner wrote the following information: Initials: A.R.C. Address: 162 Broadway, Sommerville Year: 1913 Someone with the initials A.R.C. was living at this address in 1913. The address the owner gave is about two blocks west of the Mystic River.