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K763.00015


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Six-20 Popular Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Popular Brownie
  Brownie, Six-20 Popular
INTRODUCTION DATE: January 1937
PRODUCTION DATES: 1937-1943
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZES:
  6x9cm
  2¼ x 3¼in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus lens, simple shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Made by Kodak Ltd., London Box camera for 6x9cm on 620 film."
  (McKeown: 147)
  .
  "Grained leatherette covered card body; two reflecting finders.
  1937-1938: `Popular Brownie', long side catches.
  1939-1943: `Six-20 Popular Brownie', short side catches, double rect-
  angles embossed on front

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00015

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp71.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp147.//

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