Camera
- Object Name:
- Camera
- Object ID:
- 1991.076.212
- Creator:
- Eastman Kodak Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NY
- Date:
- 1909-1915
- Description:
- Camera. Kodak No. 3-A Folding Brownie camera for 3.25" x 5.5" (postcard size) negatives, using # 124 roll film. Leather handle on top, stamped "NO. 3-A FOLDING BROWNIE". Maroon bellows; when fully extended, camera is 8.75" deep. Lens marked "EASTMAN KODAK CO." and "BAUSCH & LOMB. OPT. CO., PAT. APP'D." Front opens by pressing button on top. Back opens by pressing two buttons on sides. Inside of back marked "No. 3-A Folding Brownie Camera / MODEL A / MANUFACTURED BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, / ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Made in U.S.A." with list of patent dates, 1894-1902. See accession record for more details.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-4.625 W-9.875 D-2.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by William E. Virgin (1860-1932), a landscape photographer in East Concord NH. Purchased along with 34 glass negatives and 210 contact prints.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Virgin, William E. (1860-1932)
- Subjects:
- Cameras, Photography, Photographers
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