General Information

Serial #

751923

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Body - metal & plastic/ glass lens & filter/ leatherette body/ rigid leather case/ cloth strap.

Dimensions

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

Length

18.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

12.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine 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 cine images on film.

Technical

An 8mm film projector camera that produced videos on an Ekatanar 13mm lens on a single speed shutter with an aperture size of f/2.7. The Brownie Movie Camera used Kodachrome Film Type A.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ABOVE LENS 'KODAK'/ BELOW LENS 'BROWNIE MOVIE CAMERA EIGHT M.M.'/ ON LENS IT STATES: 'KODAK CINE EKTANON LENS 13mm f/2.7 L [IN CIRCLE]'/UNDER THE TAKE UP SPOOL IT STATES 'BROWNIE MOVIE CAMERA T.M. REG. CAN. PAT. OFF. MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED'/ ON CASE, STAMPED IN 'KODAK'/ ON TOP, BELOW STAMPED IN 'KODAK FIELD CASE FOR BROWNIE MOVIE CAMERA MADE IN TORONTO CANADA FOR CANADA KODAK LTD.'/ SN INCISED ON VIEWFINDER.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Body has a brown central band (bakelite or plastic?)/ light brown side panels/ between these 2 brown sections there are metal (dull silver - natural aluminum coloured?) bands/ plastic, central section of body, encased by metal (aluminum?)/ border has 6 lines molded into it/ leatherette has leather grain effect.

Decoration

N/A