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Brownie Bulls-Eye

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: Aug 1954
PRODUCTION DATES: Aug 1954-Oct 1960
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $12.85-$15.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  Box rollfilm
  Eyelevel rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Kodak Twindar
  rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Also made with gold finish.
  "Moulded plastic; optical direct vision finder, pin and screw
  flash contacts.
  Variations: 1954-Aug. 1958: Black and silver-grey model. Sept. 1957-
  Oct. 1960: Gold enamelled with brass colour front plate." (Coe: 41)
  black model sold for $12.85
  gold model sold for $15.00

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00038

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp41.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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