Mickey Mouse Brownie Target Six-20

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company (attrib)
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1946
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: ?
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: Special faceplate
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c. 1946. 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 postwar. 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." (J. McKeown, 1997).
  Examples are known, or claimed to exist on other base cameras.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.01104

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. p. 163.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//