General Information

Serial #

YTOC

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Plastic casing and parts/ Glass optical elements with metal housings/ Metal casing front, finder hood and parts/ Fabric strap

Dimensions

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

Length

9.5 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

9.9 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960s-1970s

Canada

A Canadian made camera which initially belonged to Yvonne Lemesie of Ottawa, who gave it to her neighbour Mrs. Catherine Corby around 1980. Mrs. Corby never used the camera.

Function

A device used to record still images in a two dimensional format.

Technical

An example of an inexpensive camera designed for recreational use. It is a point-and-shoot camera with fixed focus, twin-lens reflex for framing purposes only; two aperture settings for two types of film (B&W, colour); bulb-flash accessory to be attached to the left side of the camera; film size 127; picture size1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inches; rotary shutter; Dakon lens.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on front reads 'Brownie [script]', 'DAKON/ LENS' and 'STARFLEX CAMERA'/ Raised lettering on underside reads 'CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA' White lettering reading 'YTOC' and 'USE 127 FILM' in interior

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Glossy black synthetic/ Grey finished metal/ Colourless transparent lenses/ Black strap/ Red synthetic framed film counter

Decoration

Lower body covered with indented parallel lines