Kodak Baby Brownie Special

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!