E130.01058
No 2 Folding Brownie (Model A)
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.01058
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2 Folding
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 1904
PRODUCTION DATES: April 1904-June 1907
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $5.00
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 76,000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Folding rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Meniscus Achromatic
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Imitation leather covered wood body and baseboard; wood lens panel;
reversible reflecting finder; sliding focusing with automatic catch;
back released by sliding latch." (Coe, 1988)
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1904-1905: Brownie Automatic shutter
1905-1907: Pocket Automatic shutter
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester:
UNPUBLISHED, 1984. pp7.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex:
Hove Foto Books, 1988. p. 180.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//
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