An Eastman Kodak Company No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Wood, Imitation leather, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Camera closed 93 x 214 x 50 mm
Place of origin
Rochester, NY
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524530.1
Summary
An Eastman Kodak Company No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie camera. Kodak Lens bearing patent dates: April 21 1908, August 31 1909. Wooden body with front metal hinged plate. Catalogue page from 1910 states camera is covered with imitation leather (black on this model) with nickled fitttings. Dark brown leather handle embossed with model name is attached to top, the number, 2420, is inscribed on base. Two tripod fittings: one on base, one on side. Bellows in black leather. Reversible view finder.
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