Friday, June 26, 2009

Project 365: my new vintage treasures

My dad recently passed down his old cameras to me, and I was eager to snap some shots to share. The above image features a Mansfield Holiday II 8mm Cine Turret Camera (with a built-in exposure meter) from the early 1960's.

Below you'll see a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie, a folding camera for type 116 autographic film. These 'brownies' were produced between 1915 and 1926 and sold for a whopping $2.50!




Looking down into the viewfinder:


You can see the sky, clouds, trees...


Someday these will sit on display in my studio. Thanks again, Dad! I love you.

1 comment:

Fruit Fly said...

So cool! My grandpa was going through his things and found an old camera he had bought during his time in the army when he was super young. I was so honored that he chose to give it to me!