What is a brownie camera?
I'm glad you asked! Well, a brownie camera is this nifty little contraption that made photography cheap and easy for the everyday person. It was a little box with a fixed lens inside that took photos on rollfilm. All one had to do was press a button, and voila! Photo.
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| But seriously, look how adorable |
Who invented this thing anyway?
Well, it was originally invented by George Eastman - a Kodak guy - in 1888, but the camera itself was most popular from the early 1900s all the way into the sixties. New and improved models kept coming out and people of all ages were able to enjoy using them.
Why on earth was this camera important?
It was a fantastic little piece of photographic invention, I tell you. The fact that they were so inexpensive and easy to use made photography a really accessible hobby for people. Anyone could photograph their world, and that wasn't something that could really happen before the brownie camera.
It was a fantastic little piece of photographic invention, I tell you. The fact that they were so inexpensive and easy to use made photography a really accessible hobby for people. Anyone could photograph their world, and that wasn't something that could really happen before the brownie camera.
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