This is a basic box camera made of thick, leatherette-covered cardboard introduced in the mid 1920s. The camera features a single portrait orientation viewfinder and a fixed aperture. The Hawkeye’s only control is the shutter lever which is located on the user’s right hand side just forward of the film advance knob. Linked to the lever is a single speed rotary shutter mated to a primitive fixed-focus meniscus lens.

Two metal latches located on the top and on the user’s right hand side of the camera hold it together. Undoing these latches allows the camera to be pulled apart to load and unload film. The camera uses 120 film which is still widely available.