Brownie @ 100

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No 2 Folding Autographic Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2 Folding Autographic
INTRODUCTION DATE: Sept 1915
PRODUCTION DATES: Sept 1915-1926
FILM TYPE: A120
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $6.00-$12.00
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 1001-
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  Folding rollfilm
  Autographic
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Achromatic, Rapid Rectilinear, Kodar f7.9, Anastigmat f6.3 (UK)
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Imitation leather covering; reversible reflecting finder; sliding
  focusing with lock; from serial number 1,001." (Coe, B, 1988).
  .
  Sept 1915-1923: Achromatic lens, Kodak Ball Bearing shutter: $6.00
  Nov 1915-1923: Rapid Rectilinear, Kodak Ball Bearing shutter: $7.50
  1924-1926: Achromatic lens, Kodex shutter: $9.00
  1924-April 1926: Rapid Rectilinear, Kodex shutter: $11.00
  May 1925-Sept 1926: Kodar f/7.9 lens, Kodex shutter: $12.00
  .
  changed from square to round ends 1917

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00320

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984. pp5.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp. 176.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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