Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

100678

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Stamped metal construction. Simulated leather covering. Cloth and cardboard bellows.

Dimensions

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

Longueur

22,0 cm

Largeur

4,5 cm

Hauteur

10,0 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

Made in 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.

Fonction

To record still images on photographic film.

Technique

A folding roll film camera that produced 2? X 4? inch images on 130 film using an achromatic and rapid rectilinear lens and a Kodak ball bearing shutter (Ref. 4). The Autographic Brownie "permitted a message to be written on the film between frames" (Ref.3). "After taking a photograph, the user would open up the small door on the back of the camera and using the provided stylus inscribes a brief note" (Ref. 3). More often than not, the user would note the date and describe the setting in which the image was taken.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

On leather strap: ‘NO. 2C FOLDING AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE’; On leg/bed support: '100678' serial number; On lens face: ‘KODAK BALL BEARING SHUTTER’; Name plate reads: ‘NO. 2-C FOLDING/ AUTOGRAPHIC/ BROWNIE’; Mfr. plate reads: ‘MADE IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA’; Patent info. inside camera.

Manque

Autographic stylus. Pin on left side of bellows support bracket

Fini

Black throughout. Chromed bright work (trim).

Décoration

S/O