Item 2005.006.04.46 - Kodak No. 3A Folding Brownie Model A

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Kodak No. 3A Folding Brownie Model A

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2005.006.04.46

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  • 1914-1915 (Manufacturing)
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    Canadian Kodak Co., Limited

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1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; approx. 25 x 12 x 6 cm (folded)

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Item consists of a Kodak No. 3A Folding Brownie Camera, Model A. It is a viewfinder folding camera with a black imitation leather covered wood body.It uses type 124 film rolls to make a picture size of 8.3 x 14 cm (the size of a postcard). This item is a Brownie Ball Bearing shutter model, which was only manufactured from April 1914-1915, all other No. 3A Folding Brownie Model A cameras were manufactured from 1909 to 1913 and have a F.P.K. Automatic shutter. It has a meniscus lens and an aperture scale from f8 to 64 with hints based on the weather of which to choose. The shutter has speeds B, T, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 sec. The bellows are adjusted to focus and have a pointer on a 6 to 100 feet scale. A reflecting viewfinder also folds out with the bellows and can be flipped between vertical and horizontal shots.

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Donated to Ryerson University Library and Archives Special Collections department by the F+PPCM graduate program and the Ryerson Image Arts Department in 2013.

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Item is from the PPCM donation, accession number 2013.002. Moved to the Heritage Camera Collection in 2013.

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