General Information

Serial #

100678

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Stamped metal construction. Simulated leather covering. Cloth and cardboard bellows.

Dimensions

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

Length

22.0 cm

Width

4.5 cm

Height

10.0 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

Made in Canada. Eastman saw that if the cost could be reduced, more people, and in particular children, might take up photography. Frank Brownell designed the Brownie camera which was launched in 1900. It was named after the little characters created by the popular Canadian children's author and illustrator Palmer Cox. By adopting the name and using the characters in advertising, Eastman gained a major marketing advantage. 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.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A folding roll film camera that produced 2? X 4? inch images on 130 film using an achromatic and rapid rectilinear lens and a Kodak ball bearing shutter (Ref. 4). The Autographic Brownie "permitted a message to be written on the film between frames" (Ref.3). "After taking a photograph, the user would open up the small door on the back of the camera and using the provided stylus inscribes a brief note" (Ref. 3). More often than not, the user would note the date and describe the setting in which the image was taken.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On leather strap: ‘NO. 2C FOLDING AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE’; On leg/bed support: '100678' serial number; On lens face: ‘KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER’; Name plate reads: ‘NO. 2-C FOLDING/ AUTOGRAPHIC/ BROWNIE’; Mfr. plate reads: ‘MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA’; Patent info. inside camera.

Missing

Autographic stylus. Pin on left side of bellows support bracket

Finish

Black throughout. Chromed bright work (trim).

Decoration

N/A