Summary
User guide or instruction manual for the Kodak 'Brownie Starmite Camera', published by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, in 1961.
Kodak Brownie Starmite cameras were part of the Kodak Star series of affordable and highly popular fixed-lens plastic body cameras with built-in flash or flash attachment. Ten million of the Star series cameras were sold in five years in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
This object is part of the Kodak Heritage Collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Physical Description
Small, 15 page glossy paper booklet, stapled along the spine, printed in black and yellow colour scheme with black and white photographs and text throughout. Cover features a black and white image of a camera.
Title
'STARMITE. BROWNIE STARMITE CAMERA.'
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Manufacturer/Distributor
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, New York State, United States of America
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Publication Date
1961/02
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Publisher
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Feb 1961
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Brand Names
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Number of Pages
16
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Page Size Format
115mm x 89mm
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Primary Subject
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Illustration Types
Black & White; Colour; Photographs
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Printing Types
Monochrome; Limited Colour
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Publication Types
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
114 mm (Width), 89 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Photographic Equipment, Photographic Supplies, Cameras, Instruction Manuals, Photographic Flash Attachments, Marketing
