A Kodak Brownie No. 0 box camera
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1916 - 1935
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass, Leatherette
Measurements
90 x 74 x 105 mm
Place of origin
Toronto
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524670
Summary
A Kodak Brownie No. 0 box camera. The body is wooden covered in black leatherette and there are chrome fittings. The lens is fixed focus and the simple shutter has I and T settings. There are viewfinders in two directions. On the rear is embossed 'Use film no 127 No.0 Brownie'. A plate below has the wording 'Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Toronto Canada' Inside the back cover is a fabric label declaring ' No.0 Brownie Camera Model A U.S. Patents Apr 14, 1903, Sept 7, 1909, Feb 1,1916'
Provenance
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
Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, manufacturer