E130.00357
No 2A Brownie Model B
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00357
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2A, Model B
INTRODUCTION DATE: October 1911
PRODUCTION DATES: 1911-1924
FILM TYPE: 116 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $3
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
meniscus lens
rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Leatherette covered card; metal film carrier; two reflecting finders.
Case removed for loading by releasing two pivoted catches and pulling
out winding key. Oct 1911: Model B; internal changes to lens board
etc.. June 1917: Film tension springs bearing on spool ends rather
than centre. Oct. 1917: improved case latches with rounded ends with
milled edges. Jan 1918: Metal nameplate on back. Mar. 1920: trigger
guard fitted." (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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. 38.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//
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