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Brownie Flash 20

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 1959
PRODUCTION DATES: April 1959-Oct. 1962
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼x2¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $13.95
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Zone focusing f/11, built-in shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Styled like the Brownie Starflash Camera, but larger size for 620
  film." (McKeown: 146)
  .
  "Moulded blue plastic body; direct vision optical finder; built-in
  capacitor flash gun for capless bulbs." (Coe: 46)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.01026

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984. pp2.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp45-46.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp145-146.//

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