Miniature scale model of 2C Brownie camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1924 in London

Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7082

type:: scale model and box camera

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

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Miniature Scale Model of 2C Brownie camera

Miniature Scale Model of 2C Brownie camera

Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work. Makers and photographers C. Abbott; A. Bartlett; D. Cross; S Le Frank.

Measurements:: overall: 20 mm x 10 mm x 25 mm,

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

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7082/1

type:: scale model and box camera

Negative Taken With Queen Mary's Doll's House Camera

Negative Taken With Queen Mary's Doll's House Camera

Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work.

Measurements:: overall: 17 mm x 10 mm

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7082/2

type:: negative

Contact Print Taken With Queen Mary's Doll's House Camera

Contact Print Taken With Queen Mary's Doll's House Camera

Black and white contact print taken with 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project.

Measurements:: overall: 15 mm x 10 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7082/3

type:: contact print

Two enlargements

Two enlargements

Two enlargements, one contact print and one negative made with doll's house camera.

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7082/4

type:: enlargements