General Information

Serial #

76330

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Leather exterior covering. Wood frame and cloth body. Metal lens and shutter housings. Ground glass lens. Leather and cloth bellows. Metal and wood folding bed.

Dimensions

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

Length

25.2 cm

Width

6.6 cm

Height

12.8 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

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 camera that produced 3¼ X 5½ inch images on 122 film using a rapid rectilinear lens and an F.P.K automatic shutter (McKeown, 48).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Markings on handle reads: ‘NO.3-A FOLDING BROWNIE’; Serial number on bottom of camera: ‘76330’; Info. around lens: ‘BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO., PAT. APP’D’; Plaque affixed underneath lens reads: ‘F.P.K. AUTOMATIC./ EASTMAN KODAK CO.’; Info. inside camera reads: ‘NO. 3-A Folding Brownie Camera/ MODEL A/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ July 8, 1902; Nov. 18, 1902; Sept. 7, 1909/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING BY/ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA’.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Exterior covering- black. Lens housing- black. Bellows- black. Body- black. Shutter housing- brass.

Decoration

N/A