2 models – A through F.Ī Boy Scout edition was issued in the 1930s. The cardboard model cost $2, the aluminum cost $2.75, and the color model cost $2.50. Its 120-film produced 2-1/4-inch by 3-1/4-inch photographs. The Brownie Model 2 was launched in 1901 and made until 1935. It took 2-1/4-inch square pictures on 117 roll film. The first Brownie was a cardboard box camera with a simple meniscus lens. Kodak emphasized sales to children as a means to introduce them to photography. Frank Brownell of Rochester, New York, manufactured the camera for Kodak.
“Brownie” was chosen because it referred to a group of popular children’s cartoon characters drawn by Palmer Cox. Eastman Kodak supported the camera with a major advertising campaign. When the Kodak Brownie camera debuted in 1900, it sold for one dollar. Within a short time, he gained control of the photographic markets in Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis dry plate manufacturing company and a card-mount business in Chicago. Eastman rejected the offer but did purchase a St. In 1900, Eastman purchased the Blair Camera Company of Bost and the American Camera Company of Northborough, Massachusetts. Roll film was born.Įastman used the “K,” the first letter of his mother’s maiden name, to create Kodak. In 1884, Eastman received a patent for coating celluloid strips of paper. Seeking a flexible, light, and unbreakable substance that he could coat with photographic chemicals, Eastman turned to celluloid. Within two years, Eastman patented a machine for coating glass plates. In 1877, George Eastman, a bank clerk, spent $94 on a photographic outfit. John Wesley Hyatt invented and registered the name celluloid. Several key events in the 1870s made the Kodak Brownie possible.
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