Kodak No.2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B folding roll-film camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1904 - 1908
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass, Wood
Measurements
Closed size 95 x 171 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524485.1
Summary
Kodak No.2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B folding roll-film camera. Metal body covered with black leather,. Square cornered body in horizontal format.. Black leather handle on top edge, embossed with "No.2 Folding Pocket Brownie". Maroon leather bellows. Markings: on shutter: "Brownie Automatic. Made by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, USA. Patented April 21 1908." Inside back, printed in red on leather plate: "No.2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B, Manufacturered by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. Made in USA. List of US Patents with dates from 1891 to 1908.
Provenance
Part of The 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
Eastman Kodak Co , manufacturer