E130.00373
No 2A Folding Pocket Brownie (Model A)
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00373
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2A Folding Pocket, (Model A)
INTRODUCTION DATE: Feb. 1910
PRODUCTION DATES: 1910-1915
FILM TYPE: 116 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $7
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 120,000
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: from ser# 1; black bellows from ser# 62,551
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Folding rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
meniscus achromatic lens
pocket or brownie automatic shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Imitation leather covered wood body; reversible reflecting finder;
sliding focusing with automatic lock; sliding back released by
concealed button; from serial number 1.
DESCRIPTION/REMARKS: Dec. 1910: metal screw mount for finder lens;
from serial number 25,918. Aug. 1911: black bellows instead of red
fitted on cameras sent to UK. Nov. 1912: all cameras fitted with black
bellows, from serial number 62,551." (Coe: 181)
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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp181.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//
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