Brownie Target Six-20

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
SEE ALSO: Target Brownie Six-20
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 1941
PRODUCTION DATES: 1941-1946-May 1952
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $3.45;$2.65
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus_with rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Name changed to Brownie Target Six-20 in 1946.
  "Metal box; two brilliant finders; vertical line design on front
  panel. Developed from Target Brownie Six-20 camera" (Coe, B, 1988).
  .
  "c1946. Brownie Target Six-20 camera with special faceplate depicting
  Mickey Mouse. Existence of this camera was unknown until 1995, when a
  few showed up at antique dealers. Evidence suggests that the cameras
  were made as prototypes, but not marketed. The project may have
  started in the late 1930's, because the Mickey drawing and Disney
  company name are pre-war. The camera name and design are post-war.
  For whatever reason, the project was dropped, and the faceplates and
  completed samples remained hidden. Evidence also suggests later
  assembly of some faceplates to camera bodies. In any case, these are
  rare, with only a half-dozen examples known to date. One is known to
  have an original box." (McKeown: 163)
  .
  Brownie Target Six-20 sold for $3.45
  Target Brownie Six-20 sold for $2.65

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00063

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. p.58-60,72.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp163.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//