Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal body covered with cloth/ plastic lens

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

10,7 cm

Largeur

8,2 cm

Hauteur

12,8 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Photographie

Catégorie

Appareils-photos

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Kodak

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Toronto

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Kodak restyled its basic box with a metallic, linear faceplate design. Walter Dorwin Teague designed Art Deco faceplates that gave a fresh look. His work has also been noticed in the Beau Brownies in the 30s. (RULA, http://www.ryerson.ca/library/collections/special/camera.html). 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.

Fonction

To record still images on photographic film.

Technique

A box rollfilm camera that produced 2¼ X 3¼ inch images on 620 film using a meniscus lens and a rotary shutter (Coe, 72).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

MODEL NAME PAINTED IN SILVER LETTERS ABOVE & BELOW LENS ON FACE PLATE/ MFR'S NAME PAINTED IN BLACK LETTERS ON BOTTOM OF FACE PLATE

Manque

S/O

Fini

Black pebbled body/ black & silver metal "art-deco" faceplate

Décoration

S/O