The Brownie Box Camera introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1900 had a retail price of what?
Brownie is the name of a long-running popular series of simple and inexpensive cameras made by Eastman Kodak. The Brownie is among the most important cameras in history.
The Brownie camera, introduced in February 1900, invented low-cost photography by introducing the concept of the snapshot to the masses. The Brownie was a very basic cardboard box camera with a simple meniscus lens that took 2 1/4-inch square pictures on 117 roll film. The Brownie camera was conceived and marketed for sales of Kodak roll films. Because of its simple controls and initial price of $1 along with the low price of Kodak roll film and processing, The Brownie camera achieved and surpassed its marketing goal.
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JRW
Joseph DeMartino, when released they were simply labelled as the No 1 Brownie camera. The No. 2 Brownie, came in 1901. Still no box name. They were officially "Brownie Box cameras". Only informally called box brownies.
Susan Lake-Harris
Elsy O. Stromberg, there were many incarnations of the Brownie. My sister had one in the 1950s which was nothing like the original Box Brownie...
Elsy O. Stromberg
Why show that camera in the picture? I remember the Brownie and that is not it!
Tom Stork
Les Griffin, No sorry, still thousands around even now.
Pat Versluis
I was given one in 1951, a few months before we migrated to Australia from The Netherlands. Photographic memories from the journey and the first years in Australia were captured on it.
Howard Groopman
I had one as a kid in the 1960s, as a hand-me-down.
Joseph DeMartino
It was called the Box Brownie, not the Brownie Box. - Nitpicker Joe
Paul Bison
Rob Farr, it says, $1.00, what else would it have been back in 1900, but US $. Certainly not Australian or English $.
Paul Bison
Majority vote, wrong again.
Suraya Choudhury
Got it !
Ella Teuben
My mother had one in 1956. The contact prints were made in the bathroom. Years later I found her frames with green glass (?) and a red lightbulb. The photo paper was bought pre-cut to size, with a decked edge :)
Louise C.
Robert Hohmann, I agree.
Robert Hohmann
adamzdad, I just choose an anwer. I feel that it is cheating if you look up answer.
Jakob Gerber
Rather curious why they never mention Rochester,New York as the home of Kodak,and where George Eastman lived on East Ave. There is a theatre called the Dryden ,the George Eastman House,and storage units for the largest collection of film in the world, both single pictures ,and moving pictures are secured in an underground bunker ,or something like that . Have visited the Eastman House ,and the Dryden ,what a great elite little theatre ...
Les Griffin
I've got one, should be worth a bit more now?