Kodak Baby Brownie Special

Wow! a real treasure. Great history for today.

Thank you Gillian

Excellent shot! Stay well!

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Thank you William Sutherland

Excellent!

Thank you Bernhard

An ideal shot for World Photography Day.

Thank you Old Owl

Nostalgic one !!!

Thank you Jaap

Very fitting motif for the World Photo Day

Thank you Aschi

Cute Baby :D

Thank you Marta

A piece of treasure :-)

Thank you Colin

Extraordinary piece!

Thank you Jean-Paul

What an adorable camera! Thanks for sharing the story behind it!

Happy World Photography Day!

Thank you Valfal

oh quel beau souvenir qui reste dans la famille cela a une grande valeur

Merci Annaig56

Superb!!

Thank you Stephan

A wonderful document of past times and memory for you, Paulo.

Thank you Christa
I still have all the cameras I used to date.

Fabulous! My Dad had one

Thank you Jan

Presente inteligente!

De facto foi. Ainda tirei umas dezenas de fotos com ela. E adorava a forma como se colocava o rolo na máquina. Memórias...

Tenho 3 maquinas de rolo numa prateleira, as 3 que sobreviveram a uma inundação há muitos anos… mas o desejo e as saudades ficam por aí, não tenho espaço para um quarto escuro… é a boa desculpa, o mais certo seria dizer que já não tenho pachorra !

Aqui por Lisboa, ainda há quem revele filme analógico, até há algum revivalismo por parte de malta nova que quer saber como se fazia no antanho...
Do que tenho pena é da Hasselblad ter sido roubada da mala do carro, em pleno Rossio em 69 ou 70...o desgosto do meu pai foi tal, que nunca mais comprou outra máquina nem voltou a tirar fotos. Se a tivesse herdado e estivesse em condições razoáveis ainda era capaz de, de vez em quando, voltar ao rolo fotográfico.

Okay, you made me laugh. You had a smart father! (Did his ploy work?) I assume you learned photography from him - how great that he gave you what might have been his first camera. Did you think it was cool when you got it?

I've never seen one of these before, only the regular Baby Brownie (which I found and bought for myself about 10ish years ago). That camera is on an American stamp for Pioneers of American Industrial Design - it was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. I wonder if he also designed your camera? [photo of my baby brownie: www.ipernity.com/doc/raingirl/32407389]

Does yours have the button your link describes as allowing brief time exposures? I can't tell from your photo. And have you downloaded the manual from that link - or maybe you have the manual? I am thrilled to be able to download manuals from that site. I have a number of the cameras there, and only a couple manuals.
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Oh, sorry, I got caught up in the coolness of your story - back to your actual photo of the camera!
I like seeing the camera straight on. While I can't see everything about the camera that way, it gives a special power to the image, a strength to it. Even though those cameras are tiny, they were workhorses, and very strong in that sense, so the photo you took matches the object quite well. I love getting to see it.

Happy (belated) World Photography Day 2022!

Hi raingirl.

My dad's trick worked very well, except the very day he gave me the camera... I was taking pictures of the rabbits and chickens that were in the backyard... without film in the camera. The anger was huge...

Since I was a kid I liked the camera design, the bakelite touch, the handling. That's why it still reached the present day and didn't disappear among the toys destroyed throughout childhood and adolescence.
I'm not sure if the design is by Walter Dorwin Teague but, of course, I'd really like it to be.
As for the button that allows short exposures, this version of the camera does not have it. The manual I downloaded from the website brownie-camera.com.

Right now I'm on vacation until mid-September so I can't take any more pictures off the camera, but as soon as I get home I'll upload more pictures of it.

I'm glad you liked the photo and happy (belated) World Photography Day 2022!

At least with your camera you can't forget to take the lens cap off!

Don't know why the Baby Brownie Special would be designed by someone different than the Baby Brownie - so I think you can enjoy that thought that it is.

Now I'll have to keep an eye out for one that has the botton for short exposures - it is probably really rare, but what fun it would be to try that out.

Look forward to more photos! Have a good vacation.

(Oh, and how terrible that your dad's Hasselblad got stolen and along with it his desire to photograph!! Theft has so much more effect on us than simply loosing an object. Glad it didn't deter you!)