Kodak Baby Brownie rollfilm camera
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1934 - 1941
Materials
Bakelite, Glass, Metal, Plastic
Measurements
60 x 77 x 69 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524615
Summary
A Kodak Baby Brownie rollfilm camera. Black bakelite with central band of ribbed design and moulded rounded edges. Silver coloured metal, red plastic exposure counter window, glass lens. Folding metal frame finder. Shutter lever under lens. Uses V.127 film. Meniscus lens, rotary shutter Markings: Moulded in plastic around lens 'Baby Brownie' Company name 'Made in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.' and 'open, close' next to lever to open camera. Information about film and patents on inner camera under film spool.
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