The GEH Brownie Collection

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E130.00207


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New York World's Fair Baby Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Baby, New York World's Fair
INTRODUCTION DATE: Apr. 1939
PRODUCTION DATES: 1939-1940
FILM TYPE: 127 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 1-5/8 x 2½in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $1.25
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Eyelevel rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  meniscus lens
  rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Moulded plastic body; identical to Baby Brownie except for special
  lens plate. Available only at the World's fair." (Coe, B, 1988).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00207

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp. 61.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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