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A basic camera (art decó style ) with a flip-up frame viewfinder. The shutter is operated by the lever under the lens. The camera on the right has a "brief" button, above the lens, a feature that was fitted on cameras made for export. Both of these cameras were made in the USA. The cameras were manufactured from 1934 to 1941 in the USA and from 1948 to 1952 in the UK.
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A small basic camera (art decó style), made of [[Bakelite]] with a flip-up [[Viewfinder#Frame_Finders|frame viewfinder]]. The shutter is operated by the lever under the lens. Cameras made for export have a "brief/time" button, above the lens. Both of these cameras were made in the USA. The cameras were manufactured from 1934 to 1941 in the USA and from 1948 to 1952 in the UK.
  
Inventor (Design Patent) : [[Walter Dorwin Teague]]
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* Inventor (Design Patent) : [[Walter Dorwin Teague]]
  
produced between : 1934 - 1952  
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* produced between : 1934 - 1952  
  
lens : Meniscus  
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* lens : Meniscus  
  
shutter : Rotary  
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* shutter : Rotary  
  
film type : 127  
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* film type : [[127 film|127]]
 
 
picture size : 6 x 4 cm
 
  
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/Baby_Brownie_uk.php Baby Brownie uk] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
 
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/Baby_Brownie_uk.php Baby Brownie uk] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
  
 
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Revision as of 03:42, 9 February 2009

A small basic camera (art decó style), made of Bakelite with a flip-up frame viewfinder. The shutter is operated by the lever under the lens. Cameras made for export have a "brief/time" button, above the lens. Both of these cameras were made in the USA. The cameras were manufactured from 1934 to 1941 in the USA and from 1948 to 1952 in the UK.

  • produced between : 1934 - 1952
  • lens : Meniscus
  • shutter : Rotary
  • film type : 127
  • picture size : 6 x 4 cm



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