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- OBJECT TYPE
- Modern rollfilm
- DATE
- 1961–1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0512.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Brownie Super 27
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- YT OA
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Plastic body with metal brackets to hold roll of film. Metal plate on the top of the camera where the film wind and release are. The front is also covered by a metal plate, as are the ends.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 6.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kodak
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Ca. 1960's
- Canada
-
Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic. The Brownie camera was designed by Frank Brownell in 1898 as an inexpensive yet reliable camera. The name was adopted from popular characters created by Canadian born illustrator and author Palmer Cox in the 1890s, making the Brownie camera a marketing success until the last one was made in 1980. This camera came from the Ottawa Boys Club. Originally founded in 1923, The Ottawa Boys Club offered young boys a place to have fun and to socialize, keeping them off the streets and away from crime. The clubs still exists today as the Ottawa-Carleton Boys and Girls Club. - Function
-
To record still images on photographic film. - Technical
-
An eye level roll film camera that produced 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inch images on 127 film. The Kodar f/8 lens was adjustable close up, 3.5 feet to 6 feet, and beyond 6 feet. The diaphragm was adjustable for cloudy or sunny days and the built in flash bulb holder was powered by two 'AA' batteries. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On camera face: 'BROWNIE SUPER 27/ CAMERA/ KODAK'; Info. on base: 'CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED T.M. REG. CAN. PAT. OFF.'; Inside camera: 'LOAD 127 FILM'.
- Missing
- Flash bulb, strap.
- Finish
- Black plastic and chromed plastic molding on the front. Metal work is striped with a chrome and mat finish. Needs batteries to operate flash.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1961–1965, Artifact no. 1970.0512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0512.001/
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