The GEH Brownie Collection

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E130.00283


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No 2 Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US,NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2
INTRODUCTION DATE: Oct. 1901
PRODUCTION DATES: 1901-1904
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $2
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus (approx 125 - 150mm f/15) shutter speed of 1/25
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Leatherette covered card, two reflecting finders. 1901 - early 1902:
  detacheable winding keys similar to Brownie camera. Early 1902: fixed,
  pull-out winding key." Coe, B, 1988).
  .
  According to Eaton Lothrop, the Brownie character box was used
  between ca. 1902 - 1907. TG 8/20/99.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00283

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. 36.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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