General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Exterior covering- leatherette, enamel. Body- metal, cardboard, wood. Lens housing- wood, metal. Shutter housing- metal, wood. Lens- glass. Viewfinder- metal frame, glass. Box- cardboard.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.5 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

14.2 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 restyled its basic box camera with a metallic, linear faceplate design. Designer Walter Dorwin Teague created Art Deco faceplates that gave a fresh look. His work has also been noticed in the Beau Brownies in the 30's (Ref.5). 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. Several Brownie Target Six-16 cameras were used in the army air force and sea service. These cameras can be distinguished by the army air force logo on the side of the camera.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

A box rollfilm camera that produced 2¼ X 4¼ inch images on 616 film using a meniscus lens with two sliding stop aperture settings and a rotary shutter (Ref.4).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Around camera face: 'BROWNIE/ TARGET/ SIX-16/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED'; Info. on leather handle reads: 'BROWNIE TARGET/ SIX-16'. Info. inside camera reads: 'BROWNIE TARGET CAMERA SIX-16/ MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED/ LOAD WITH/ Kodak 616 Film/ CAUTION/ THIS CAMERA DOES NOT TAKE 116 FILM/ PATENTED IN CANADA 1932, 1942'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Exterior finishing is black & silver. Body, lens housing, and shutter-housing are black. The viewfinder is silver & colourless. The original camera box is yellow with black, red and yellow lettering

Decoration

Vertical silver parallel stripes on camera face