General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Moulded plastic body, glass objectives.

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

24.5 cm

Height

13.0 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.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A box roll film camera that produced 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ inch images on 620 film using a Meniscus lens and a rotary shutter.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On camera face: 'BROWNIE HAWKEYE/ KODAK [Co. logo]/ CAMERA Flash MODEL'; Inside camera: 'BROWNIE HAWKEYE/ CAMERA Flash MODEL/ THIS CAMERA DOES NOT TAKE 120 FILM/ LOAD WITH/ Kodak 620 Film/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO.,/ LIMITED/ TRADE MARK REG. CAN. PAT. OFF/ CANADIAN PATENTS PENDING/ YARE [Serial number]' and film threading instructions. See individual child records for their respective markings.

Missing

Missing 3 flash bulbs, 2 rolls of Verichrome film, and the instruction booklet for the camera.

Finish

Black body. Light grey film wind and exposure setting.

Decoration

N/A