Take Along A Brownie
by Jenny Revitz Soper
Title
Take Along A Brownie
Artist
Jenny Revitz Soper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Sepia
Description
No. 2A Brownies were made with a leatherette covering the card constructed camera until 1924 when the card was replaced by metal. It used a metal film carrier and featured two reflecting finders. It was manufactured from 1907 - 1933 and the original list price was $3. There were over 2,100,000 made before 1921.
This extremely popular Brownie, which used #116 film, produced a large "postcard" size negative perfect for contact printing. Cameras like the No. 2A Brownie helped put the "Postcard Photographers" of early-day resorts, like Coney Island and Atlantic City, out of business. As time went on, the size of the camera became a drawback as contact printing gave way to enlarging negatives from smaller cameras for prints.
Found at the National Route 66 & Transportation Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma USA
This image has been featured on the homepage of the following Artist Groups:
Images That Excite You 2/25/2017
Fine Arts Professionals 2/26/2017
Crazy Artists 3/05/2017
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February 25th, 2017
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Comments (11)
Jenny Revitz Soper
A special thanks to Hrishikesh Joshi for featuring this photograph in the awesome Artist Group, Crazy Artists! 3/6/2017
Jenny Revitz Soper
Thanks to John Bailey for the feature on the homepage of Images That Excite You! 2/28/2017
Wes Iversen
Great setup (love the flowers) and shot, Jenny, and very interesting info too! L/F
Jenny Revitz Soper replied:
Thanks Wes...I have to admit I did not set it up...it was in the Route 66 Museum.
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