Brownie @ 100

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Six-20 Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Harrow
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, Six-20
INTRODUCTION DATE: New Year 1934
PRODUCTION DATES: 1934-1937
FILM TYPE: 620 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Doublet f/11 focusing
  single speed shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Cardboard bodied box camera with bold black & nickel vertical-stripe
  art-deco faceplate. Two built-in closeup lenses, 3 apertures."
  (McKeown: 147)
  .
  "Metal body; front panel with 'Kodak Girl' vertical stripe pattern in
  black enamel and bright stainless metal; two brilliant finders. 1934-
  1937: camera opens in two halves, linked by hinged arms, for loading."
  (Coe: 66)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00017

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp65-66.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp147.//

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Six-20 Brownie

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