Brownie @ 100

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No 3 Brownie Model B

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 3, Model B
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1911
PRODUCTION DATES: 1911-1934
FILM TYPE: 124 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $4
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Meniscus achromatic lens
  rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Leatherette covered card case; metal film carrier; two reflecting
  finders; case removed for loading by releasing pivoted catches and
  pulling out winding key.
  VARIATIONS: Aug. 1911: Model B; internal changes to lens board, etc.
  Aug. 1917: Film tension springs bearing on spool ends rather than
  centre. Oct. 1917: New case latches with rounded, milled ends. 1920:
  Trigger guard fitted. 1926: Coarse grained leatherette changed for
  fine grain." (Coe: 39)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00398

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 --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp39.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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