Kodak Box Brownie No.3 1910

Description

Kodak Box Brownie No.3

The Kodak Box Brownie No. 3 was part of Kodak’s early 20th-century range of simple, affordable cameras designed for the mass market.
It was introduced in 1908 and remained in production (with various updates) until around 1934.

Here’s a detailed description:

Kodak No. 3 Brownie

Type: Box camera
Film format: 124 roll film (produced images about 3¼ × 4¼ inches, or roughly 8 × 11 cm)
Introduced: 1908
Discontinued: 1934 (different models phased out at different times)
Original price: Around $4 USD (quite affordable for the era)

Construction & Materials

• Body: Cardboard or wood covered in black leatherette.

• Lens: Simple meniscus achromatic lens.

• Shutter: Rotary-type shutter, usually with a T (Time) and I (Instant) setting.

• Viewfinders: Two brilliant finders — one for portrait, one for landscape orientation.

• Finish: Nickel-plated hardware on early models, later models had more simplified fittings.