The GEH Brownie Collection

George Eastman House
Technology Archive
Full Catalog Record

E130.00373


Go to:    Home    Index    Checklists    Thumbnails

Jump to image

No 2A Folding Pocket Brownie (Model A)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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

NOTES:
  "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)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00373

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp181.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

Jump to text

No 2A Folding Pocket Brownie (Model A)

Reposition image


Go to:    Home    Index    Checklists    Thumbnails

Copyright © 2000 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

The contents of this site, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, non-commercial use only.
The contents of this site may not be reproduced in any form without the permission of the George Eastman House.

Reproductions & Permissions Information

Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607

telephone 585.271.3361 ext 369
email todd@geh.org