2 New Camera's added to the stable

After I we had gotten back into Beaverton from Oaks park we stopped by a small camera store that we had always wanted to step into. It turned out to be a great choice. They have lots of darkroom equipment that I might just go back there for, but the catch of the day was this little guy.

It is a Kodak Brownie No.2, there are a few models that were produced from around 1887 (that's not a typo, the 1800s) until the 1930s in this style. Although they got much more decorative towards the end of the product cycle which leads me to believe that it is an earlier model. Or at least after 1916 because of the patent's imprited on the back fold down.

I sharpened it as much as I could to make it legible.

Here are the exterior and interior pieces respectively.

It even takes 120 size film!

It appears to be in good working order, all three shutter speeds work (I assume they are around 1/100, 1/25 and then bulb) and it closes pretty tight so I am hoping it is sealed well. The only problem is that it is missing the little red film indicator on the back. But that shouldn't cost me more than $1 to fix. I hope to take some photo's with it here shortly!

The other camera was given to me by Jordan from Advance Camera. He had it sitting around and thought I might enjoy it. Unfortunatly it takes 126 cartridge film which has been out of production for some time now. Oh well it will still make a neat shelf piece. It is a Kodak Instamatic X-35, which was made from 1970-1976.

And here they are together! Two camera's by the same company. Separated by almost a century.