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THE CAMERA INDEX



Item No.
: 5

Name: No. 2 Brownie Camera
Model: no model I. D.

Production Dates: 1901(Oct)**- 1902
Original Price: $ 2.00
Film: Roll; No. 120; (new film size) 2-1/4 x 3-1/4
Lens: Meniscus, 3 stops.
Shutter: Eastman Rotary, T & I.
Accessories: with Case.

Condition: Good
Donor: Norwood Teague

Picture 1: digital photo
Picture 2: 2-Brownie Film (120)


Remarks: Riveted Winding Key.
Slip Lock Back.
No eyelets on either the lens or view finder openings.
Fine Grain Leatherette Covering.

** According to Eaton S. Lothrop in History of Photography, Vol.2, No. 1,January 1978.

Comments: No. 120 film was introduced with the No. 2 Brownie and was long known as 2-Brownie film. Pictured to the right is a roll of Plus-X (PX) 2-Broownie film.

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