Antique Collectible Kodak Brownie Box Camera Number 2A Model B Patent 1897-1916

Description: Antique Collectible 1916 Kodak BROWNIE CAMERA 2A model B Uses film # 116 Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY Good condition for age. Has been in storage for decades. Measure 6 1/4" x 5" x 3 3/8". Sold 'as is'. Great camera for collection or display. Fun Facts: This camera is considered by many experts to be the most important camera ever manufactured. The reason is that it was produced so cheaply that anyone, not just professionals or people of means, could own it. Because it was so simple to use, anyone could operate it right out of the box. The film was also cheap, even for 1900. For less than $2.00 anyone could buy The Brownie, a roll of film, and get it processed. The February 1900 Trade Circular lists a 6 exposure roll of transparent film at $0.15, paper-negative film at $0.10, and $0.40 for processing them! The Brownie also showed the marketing genius of George Eastman. Eastman was first a film manufacturer, but he could see what bringing photography to the masses, especially marketing to young people, via cheap but durable cameras would mean for future film sales and processing. A camera in every home meant alot of film to be sold and processed. He could not have been more correct! The first Brownie camera was shipped on Feb. 8, 1900 and gave birth to the snapshot.

Price: 15 USD

Location: Alva, Florida

End Time: 2024-03-02T18:42:38.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.25 USD