Kodak No.2 Folding Autographic Brownie rollfilm camera.
Kodak Canada
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1916 - 1926
Materials
Metal, Leather, Paper, Glass
Measurements
Closed 164 x 80 x 35 mm
Place of origin
Canada
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524435
Summary
A Kodak No.2 folding Autographic Brownie rollfilm camera. Rounded ends (first introduced in 1916). Lens RR f/8 and Kodak ball bearing shutter by EKC. The camera is metal covered with black leather and black leather handle on top, embossed with "No.2 Folding Autographic Brownie". Metal fittings and catches. Bellows is black coated paper/card. Markings: Embossed plate on back of body "Use autographic film No. A-120" Metal plate on inside of stage plate: "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, Toronto, Canada". Metal plates on shutter assembly: "No.2 Folding Autographic Brownie" and "Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter"
Provenance
Part ofThe Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Kodak Canada, manufacturer