Brownie Reflex: Synchro model, 1941 - 1952

Item

Identifier: 2008-042-4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Box rollfilm camera ; 127 rollfilm ; image size: 5 x 5 cm. ; meniscus lens ; rotary shutter. US model. no.119931 ; view lens obscured ; internal corrosion on film magazine.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1941 - 1952

Creator

Eastman Kodak Co. (Manufacturer, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

The Kodak Brownie Reflex Synchro model was manufactured from Sept 1941-May 1952 in the US and from 1946 to May 1960 in the UK; some were also made in Candada. Thus overall the model had a 20 year production run. The synchro model had a two-pin flash connector below the taking lens, and had the shutter selector inverted. The design was patented in 1940 by designer Henry O. Drotning as US Patent D119931.