No 3A Folding Brownie (Model A)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 3A Folding, (Model A)
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 1909
PRODUCTION DATES: 1909-1915
FILM TYPE: 122 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 5½in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $10.00-$12.00
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 114,000+
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: from ser# 1
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Folding rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Meniscus achromat or Rapid Rectilinear lens
  April 1909-1913: F.P.K. Automatic shutter
  April 1914-1915: Brownie Ball Bearing shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Imitation leather covered wood body; metal lens panel; reversible
  reflecting finder; sliding focusing with automatic lock; concealed
  release buttons for back; from serial number 1." (Coe: 183)
  .
  April 1909-1913: Meniscus Achromatic, F.P.K. Automatic shutter: $10.00
  April 1909-1913: Rapid Rectilinear, F.P.K. Automatic shutter: $12.00
  April 1914-1915: Meniscus Achromatic, Brownie Ball Bearing: $10.00
  April 1914-1915: Rapid Rectilinear, Brownie Ball Bearing: $12.00
  .
  with red bellows and black bellows

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00452

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984. pp8.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp182-183.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//