General Information

Serial #

430930

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body. Laminated cloth bellows. Leather covering.

Dimensions

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

Length

15.7 cm

Width

8.8 cm

Height

20.0 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

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. It produced 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch images on 116 film. The aperture listed four settings, near view portrait, average view, distant view, and marine, clouds, snow. The shutter was a ball bearing with five settings. The waist level viewfinder was reversible for horizontal & vertical formats. The lens was a Kodar 122mm f/7.9.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On leather strap: 'No. 2A FOLDING AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE'; On back: 'USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM No. A-116'; On lens: 'PATENTED IN U.S.A. JAN 18 1910 JAN 7 1913/ KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER/ EKC [Co. logo]'; Name plate reads: 'NO. 2-A FOLDING/ AUTOGRAPHIC/ BROWNIE'; Mfr. plate reads: 'MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'; Patent info. inside camera.

Missing

Lens

Finish

Body covered with black leather. Nickel plated fittings. Black bellows.

Decoration

N/A