K763.00018
Six-20 Portrait Brownie
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00018
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Harrow
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Six-20 Portrait
INTRODUCTION DATE: February 1936
PRODUCTION DATES: 1936-1940
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
Meniscus, with portrait lens on pull-out slide
Eastman rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Metal body, hinged back door. Art-deco front bezel meets a matching
side bezel for the shutter lever." (McKeown: 148)
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"Leatherette covered metal body, with nickel plated trim, band of
horizontal lines on left of camera front; two brilliant finders;
winding knob." (Coe: 71)
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex:
Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp71.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic
Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp148.//
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Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
George Eastman House
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