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ASM Artifact of the Month

Folding Brownie Camera

Featured Artifact

The Alaska State Museum December 2025 Artifact of the Month is a No. 3A Folding Brownie camera (object ID: III-O-910).

From 1909 to 1915, the Eastman Kodak Company, better known as “Kodak,” produced this camera model. 

The artifact of the month utilizes 122 format film and produces 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inch negatives. The camera provided an inexpensive way to make contact prints. Contact printing involves placing a negative in direct contact with photography paper to make prints.

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