K763.00023
Six-20 Brownie (prototype)
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00023
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE:
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex:
Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp68-69.//
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MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Six-20 (prototype)
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1935
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus lens with Eastman rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
Apparently a prototype of the Six-20 Brownie; camera has EKC Patent
collection label calling it a Six-20 Brownie Junior Super Model, but
the name plate on the front of camera reads "Six-20 Brownie". Camera
has cone-shaped housing around the lens, and letter K on the front
like the Six-20 Brownie, but with different line pattern on front.
Camera also has unusual button release to open back. TG.
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Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
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Rochester, NY 14607
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email todd@geh.org