The Brownie (First Model) camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1900 in New York
maker:
Kodak

Brownie Firts Model box camera for 117 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, rotary shutter T/I. First model with box lid type back. Eastman Kodak, 1900.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/2178
Materials:
metal (unknown), glass and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 80 mm x 80 mm x 124 mm,
type:
box camera and rollfilm camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford