E130.01080
Baby Brownie
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.01080
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
DESIGNER: Teague, Walter Dorwin
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Baby
INTRODUCTION DATE: July 1934
PRODUCTION DATES: 1934-1941
FILM TYPE: 127 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 1 5/8 x 2½in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $1.00
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: First injected plastic ca
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Single meniscus lens
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Moulded plastic body, styled by Walter Dorwin Teague; folding frame
finder; export versions from 1936-1939 had a button for time exposures
Kodak Limited manufactured the camera for export after World War II;
the brief time button was added from 1951." (Coe, B, 1988).
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 17
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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. p.32.//
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Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
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email todd@geh.org