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No 2A Brownie Model C

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2A, Model C
INTRODUCTION DATE: Apr. 1924
PRODUCTION DATES: 1924-1933
FILM TYPE: 116 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $3.75
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  meniscus lens
  rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Apr. 1924: Model C; aluminum body; tripod sockets; hinged back with
  spring catch; finer grain leatherette covering." (Coe, B, 1988).
  "Apr. 1929-1933: US models available in five colours - red, grey,
  green, brown, or blue - as well as black." (Coe: 39)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00360

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp. 38.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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