E130.00327
No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00327
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2 Folding Pocket, Model B
INTRODUCTION DATE: June 1907
PRODUCTION DATES: June 1907-Sept 1915
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $5
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 174,000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Folding rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
Meniscus Achromat
Pocket or Brownie Automatic shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Imitation leather covered wood, size reduced by 20% compared with
the No 2 Folding Brownie camera. Reversible reflecting finder; metal
lens panel; sliding focusing with automatic lock; hinged back
released by concealed buttons. Variations: Oct 1907: iris diaphragm
fitted to shutter. Feb. 1911: metal finder lens mount. From Aug. 1911:
black bellows fitted instead of red for cameras sent to UK. Jan. 1913:
all cameras fitted with black bellows; new long baseboard hinge."
(Coe, B, 1988).
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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. 181.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//
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