CAMERA - NO2 C BROWNIE
Rectangle black textured leatherette box. On the top long side is a leatherette handle held in place by two studs. At the front left corner is a rectangle view finder window. Near the front edge is a metal tab that slides upwards to regulate the amount of light the lens takes in. At front right is a metal clasp that keeps the front of the camera in place.
On the back end is a round coloured glass window. Also moulded round raised product logo. Text inside an outer ring with more text in the middle
On front end in the middle is a round lens. Top left are two round glass view finder lens, one above the other. On the left side, top right is a second square view finding window. Near front in middle is a metal exposure lever. At front near bottom end is a T shaped metal film winding key. Under this is a second metal clasp.
This No2 C Brownie camera was owned by Olga Beales (nee Anderson) when she lived with her family at their Roleystone orchard at 245 Peet Road c1925-1956. Olga took photos of the local area, the family orchard as well as her family and other locals. In the late 1940s or early 1950s she replaced the camera with a new Six-20 Brownie C camera and continued to photograph her surrounds. The cameras are associated with a collection of family albums that house the photographs taken with this and the later camera.
Details
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Text on outer ring [No2c BROWNIE / MADE IN U.S.A BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO / ROCHESTER, N.Y.] Inside circle [USE FILM / NO / 130]
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The camera was used by Olga Beales (nee Anderson) on the family orchard at 245 Peet Road in Roleystone from c1924-c1933. Olga took photographs of the family, the orchard and around Roleystone which were then kept in a family album.
The camera is an example of the important role local community members play in documenting their surroundings using increasingly affordable and accessible photographic technology. The camera allowed Olga Beales to record her local landscapes and the people around them which have turned into important historical documents.
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