General Information

Serial #

161915

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal, leather, and glass.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.7 cm

Width

3.8 cm

Height

8.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic. The Brownie camera was designed by Frank Brownell in 1898 as an inexpensive yet reliable camera. The name was adopted from popular characters created by Canadian born illustrator and author Palmer Cox in the 1890s, making the Brownie camera a marketing success until the last one was made in 1980. This camera came from the Ottawa Boys Club. Originally founded in 1923, The Ottawa Boys Club offered young boys a place to have fun and to socialize, keeping them off the streets and away from crime. The clubs still exists today as the Ottawa-Carleton Boys and Girls Club.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

Produced 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch images on 116 film. Eastman Kodak bought the rights to Henry J. Gaisman's patent for this folding type camera which was sold in various models between 1914 and 1932. It incorporated the Autographic feature that allowed the photographer to write information on the film at the time of exposure.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Handle reads: 'No. 2A FOLDING AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE'; Mfr. Plate reads: 'MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN, KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'

Missing

None

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A