E130.00398
No 3 Brownie Model B
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00398
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 3, Model B
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1911
PRODUCTION DATES: 1911-1934
FILM TYPE: 124 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $4
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
Meniscus achromatic lens
rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Leatherette covered card case; metal film carrier; two reflecting
finders; case removed for loading by releasing pivoted catches and
pulling out winding key.
VARIATIONS: Aug. 1911: Model B; internal changes to lens board, etc.
Aug. 1917: Film tension springs bearing on spool ends rather than
centre. Oct. 1917: New case latches with rounded, milled ends. 1920:
Trigger guard fitted. 1926: Coarse grained leatherette changed for
fine grain." (Coe: 39)
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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp39.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//
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