General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard & metal camera body: glass & synthetic viewfinders, windows, optics, etc. most of camera body exterior covered in black imitation leather. CW original yellow & black box. Contains roll of film.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

12.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This camera used c.1949 (?)+. this type of camera produced 1946-1952.

Canada

his type of camera was produced and used in Canada between 1946-1952. Donor recalls camera purchased in 1949. It "was one of the first things I purchased when I started to work". Donor found camera took excellent pictures outdoors and stopped using it when film became unavailable (as per DGR. 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

This is a box type camera that uses 620 roll film with fixed focus lens. It has a negative size of 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches (6 x 9 cm) and produces prints, 3 x 4 ¼ inch in size (McKeown, 333). It is a redesign and continuation of the Target Brownie Six-20 camera (1941-1946). Advertised as being very simple to operate, it produced black and white or colour photos using a fixed focus meniscus lens, single action shutter and both horizontal and vertical format view finders. (KE – Notes). The name changed from Target Brownie (1941-1946) to Brownie Target (1946-1952) (McKeown, 333).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front of camera bears following markings: 'BROWNIE/ TARGET/ SIX-20/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED'. Following info. printed inside camera: 'BROWNIE TARGET CAMERA SIX-20/ MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED/ LOAD WITH/ Kodak 620 Film/ CAUTION/ THIS CAMERA DOES NOT TAKE 120 FILM/ PATENTED IN CANADA 1932, 1942'/ FILM BACKING ON ROLLFILM INSIDE CAMERA MARKED 'VERICHROME PAN'/ 'BROWNIE TARGET/ SIX-20' appears in raised print on camera carrying handle/ pt box front depicts B&W photo of 2 children with book, and text: "Brownie TARGET SIX-20 CAMERA/ MAKES/ CONTACT/ PRINTS/ THIS SIZE/ Negative size, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches/ (6 x 9 cm.)/ STANDARD ENLARGED PRINTS, 3 X 4 1/2 inches/ TAKES KODAK 620 FILMS "; Panel on opposite side includes illustration of camera, and text: " Brownie/ TARGET SIX-20/ CAMERA/ Extreme operating simplicity... "load, aim, shoot "/ Takes black-and-white or full-colour pictures/ Fixed-focus meniscus lens... no adjustments required/ Single action shutter... snapshot and bulb exposures/ 2 brilliant view finders... horizontal and vertical "; End panel bears text: " Brownie/ TARGET/ SIX-20/ CAMERA/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED "; Panel on opposite side includes illustrations of flash unit & camera, and text: " for Flash pictures... for CLOSE-UP pictures... KODAK PHOTO FLASHER- For open "flash"/ pictures with your Brownie Target Camera/ Kodak close-up attachment- No. 6A/ with this camera for close-up, informal portraits "; Box top bears text: " Kodak "; Box bottom bears text: " CAMERA MADE IN CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONTARIO/ T.M. REG. CAN. PAT. OFF. ".

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Camera body predominantly black: wrinkle-finish covering on camera back & side; black metal face plate has silver trim/ pt box is yellow & black

Decoration

N/A