in the living room I run across a bulk buy at a Garage Sale.
really wanted. The Kodak was priced above what I wanted to pay so I did what the American Picker
boys on TV do and gave a low price for the 8 cameras all together. A couple were in not great shape and
there was a duplicate Bell & Howell model which I already have in my collection the rest are in decent condition.
out and the badges have fallen off as well as the light meter is missing from above the viewfinder. Other
than cosmetics it still runs and the lenses move around but it is not much to look at.
three lenses and a built in exposure meter and a handy color chart for shooting.
lenses on a turret. Uses 8mm film, no sound recording. It is a heavy camera made of metal,
and lots of chrome.
2x8mm. It has a detachable handle that pulls the shutter release down to shoot.
$5 and up, I offered $20 for the bunch which gave them to me for $2.50ea.
I have just started to see more of these Canadian made Kodak cameras.
This Brownie Holiday camera was made between 1953-57 and was designed by Arthur H Crapsey.
It uses a film size 127 with a picture size1 5/8 X 2 1/2″. This version was manufactured in
Canada and has the Kodak Dakon Lens, Rotary Shutter with an optical direct vision finder.
the 127 film. This model also comes in a flash capable version called the Brownie Holiday Flash Camera
It's really to bad this one is in such rough shape, it is a cheaply made 1950's TRL It was made by the Herbert George Camera Company which was also know as the Imperial Camera Company from Chicago Ill. They made lots and lots of "toy" cameras. Perhaps the best known is the Savoy, which came is several colors, or the Herco Imperial with it's telescopic lens and the futuristic Imperial Satellite . If you like toy camera photography, cameras such as these can give interesting results. http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Imperial