Kodak Brownie
Camera
Kodak Brownie
August 1953
Metal, plastic, leather and glass
Overall: 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 6 1/2 in., 1.1 lb. (14 × 6.4 × 16.5 cm, 0.5 kg)
Museum accession
1981.1296.0019
DescriptionCrackled-brown leather-covered, brown and chrome, rectangular, 8mm, motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, 13mm f/1.9 lens and footage gauge. The camera accepts 25 foot spools of film.
Inscriptions Printed in silver and red on front of camera: Kodak Brownie f/1.9 LENS / Engraved in black on lens: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens 13mm f/1.9 / Printed in brown around lens on aperture guide: 2.8 OPEN SHADE, 4 CLOUDY BRIGHT, 5.6 HAZY SUN, 8 BRIGHT SUN / Engraved in white on aperture dial on front of camera: 1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Stamped in silver on rear view guide on top of camera: 207509 / Printed in brown around exposure guide on left side of camera: AVERAGE SUBJECTS, LIGHT SUBJECTS 1/2 STEP SMALLER, DARK SUBJECTS 1/2 STEP LARGER / Printed in red above and below door latch on left side of camer: OPEN, LOCKPrinted in brown inside of camera: BROWNIE MOVIE CAMERA T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, USE CINE-KODAK 8M.M. ROLL FILM, Printed in red in side of camera: EMPTY FILM SPOOL, FULL FILM SPOOL
