No 1 Brownie camera Model B

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1900-1915 in Rochester

maker:: Kodak

No 1 Brownie Camera Model B. Box camera for 117 roll film. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture, rotary shutter T/I, engraved sighting lines. Eastman Kodak, 1900-1915.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1651

Materials:: wood (unidentified), white metal (unknown), leatherette and glass

Measurements:: overall: 87 mm x 8 mm x 125 mm,

type:: box camera and rollfilm camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Packaging for the No 1 Brownie Model B camera

No 1 Brownie camera model B original carton. Eastman Kodak, 1900-1915.

Packaging for No 1 Brownie Model B, Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company, 1901-1915.

George Eastman marketed the original Brownie to be an inexpensive camera for the mass market; when first introduced in 1900, the price of the camera was just $1(about 25p). As well as being cheap, the camera was extremely simple to use, even for children. Eastman named the camera after characters popularised by the Canadian children's author, Palmer Cox, illustrations of which feature on the box.