General Information

Serial #

547607

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal/ glass/ brass/ chrome-like metal/ leather

Dimensions

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

Length

19.7 cm

Width

8.8 cm

Height

3.8 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 2½ X 4¼ inch images on 116 film using an achromatic lens and a ball bearing shutter (The Brownie Camera Page, http://www.brownie-camera.com/84.shtml). The Autographic Brownie "permitted a message to be written on the film between frames. After taking a photograph, the users would open up the small door on the back of the camera and using the provided stylus inscribes a brief note indicating a significant date, time, or setting that the image was taken (Hoyt, http://www.clickondavid.com/index-62.html).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

THREE BRASS MFR'S PLATES AROUND, BEHIND AND UNDER LENS/ BRASS FOCUSING DISTANCE PLATE/ BRASS MODEL NAME PLATE/ BRASS PLATE ON BACK 'USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM NO. A-116'/ MODEL NAME PUNCHED ON LEATHER STRAP. Mfr's plate reads: 'Made in Canada by Can. Kodak Co. Ltd. 14034 Toronto, ONT.' Text on Lens reads: 'KODAK EK No. 1/TB 25, 50/2182/Made in USA by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY.'

Missing

Glass from lens

Finish

Black leather bellows/ black 'leathery' metal body/ glass viewer/ chrome-like metal trim

Decoration

N/A