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    MakerEastman Kodak
    Typebox camera
    ReleasedFebruary 1900
    Production1900–1986
    Overview

    The Brownie was a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900.
    It introduced the snapshot to the masses by addressing the cost factor which had meant that amate… See more

    Invention and etymology

    The Brownie was invented by Frank A. Brownell for the Eastman Kodak Company. Named after the Brownie characters popularised by the Canadian writer Palmer Cox, the camera was initially aimed at children. M… See more

    Varieties

    The cameras continued to be popular, and spawned many varieties, such as a Boy Scout edition in the 1930s. In 1940, Kodak released the Six-20 Flash Brownie, Kodak's first internally synchronized flash camera, using Gene… See more

    See also

    • The Diana camera was a low-cost "toy" camera introduced in the 1960s.
    Holga cameras were manufactured from 1982 to 2015 and 2017-present. See more

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