Baby Brownie camera, 1934-1941. Plastic body box camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. Rotary shutter and folding frame finder. Eastman Kodak. The Baby Brownie camera was a compact box camera for 127, Vest Pocket sized rollfilm, taking 1 5/8" by 2 1/2" photographs. Designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, it was made from black plastic - the first kodak box camera to be made in this way. It sold for just five shillings - the price of the original Brownie in 1900.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3070
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified), glass and white metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall: 85 mm x 78 mm x 68 mm,
- type:
- box camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
