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Six-20 Brownie Model B

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Six-20 Model B
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1937
PRODUCTION DATES: 1937-1941
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Doublet f/11 focusing
  single speed shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Metal body, front panel with `Kodak Girl' vertical stripe pattern in
  black enamel and bright stainless metal; two brilliant finders.
  1937-1941: Model B; redesigned, more angular case, with same front
  panel design; fitted with older pattern hinged back with springcatch."
  (Coe: 66)
  .
  "Simple box camera with art-deco faceplate." (McKeown: 147)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00027

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp65-66.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp147.//

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