Kodak Brownie II
Camera
Kodak Brownie II
March 1956
Metal, plastic, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 6 1/4 in., 1.1 lb. (13.3 × 6.4 × 15.9 cm, 0.5 kg)
Overall (box): 3 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in., 0.7 lb. (8.9 × 19.7 × 13.3 cm, 0.3 kg)
Gift of June Letzin
DescriptionCrackled-brown leather-covered, brown and chrome, rectangular, 8mm, spring-motorized motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, 13mm f/2.3 lens and footage gauge in original box. The camera accepts 25 foot spools of film.
Inscriptions Printed in silver and red on front of camera: Kodak Brownie 8mm Movie Camera II 13 M.M. f/2.3 LENS / Printed in brown and red on aperturE left of lens: BRIGHT SUN ON SAND OR SNOW, AVERAGE, HAZY SUN, CLOUDY BRIGHT, OPEN SHADE, KODACHROME FILM / ENgraved in white on aperture dial left of lens: 2.3, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Stamped in silver on rear viewfinder: 1920057 / Printed in brown behind exposure guide: AVERAGE SUBJECTS / Printed in red above and below door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, LOCK / Printed in black, red, white and yellow on original box: Brownie MOVIE CAMERA Model 2, A KODAK PRODUCT
