The GEH Brownie Collection

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K763.00023


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Six-20 Brownie (prototype)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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

NOTES:
  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.

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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Six-20 Brownie (prototype)

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