General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Plastic camera, flash holder, and flash guard. Some metal parts. Glass flashbulbs. Cardboard and metal batteries. Cardboard box.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.4 cm

Width

13.2 cm

Height

6.7 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

Unknown

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.

Function

To record still images on photographic film.

Technical

An eye level roll film camera with a built in shutter that produced 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inch images with a Meniscus f/11 lens using 127 film.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On camera face: 'Kodak' and 'BROWNIE FIESTA CAMERA'; On base: 'USES KODAK 127 FILM . HOLD CAMERA STEADY/ MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ REGISTERED TRADE-MARK'.

Missing

Outfit is missing a box of 127 film to complete package.

Finish

Camera is made of clear and grey plastic. Box is mostly yellow.

Decoration

Full three color printing on display box, largely in Kodak yellow. Chrome silver card behind clear plastic camera cover with fake leather.