Kodak Brownie 127 model 1

Type: Solid Body Eyelevel Rollfilm

Introduced: 1952

Discontinued: 1959

Film Size: 127

Picture Size: 1 5/8 X 2 1/2"

Manufactured: UK

Lens: Meniscus F/14, 65mm

Shutter: Single Speed 1/50 Sec

Numbers Made: Millions (1,000,000 By Aug 1954)

Original Price: $4.75

Description:

The Brownie 127 has a moulded smooth plastic body with broad horizontal steps and an optical direct vision finder.

Variations:

1952-1955: The first Brownie 127 camera had a plain lens face-plate.

1956-1959: The original plain lens face-plate was replaced with a cross-hatched face-plate.

Fun Facts:

263,000 of these cameras were exported to the United States and Canada between May, 1953 and September, 1954. The Brownie 127 ranks right up there with the most popular Kodak cameras made.

When figuring out what model you have look for little differences. In this case how the name of the camera looks and the graphic on the face-plate can be a quick giveaway.

Here's an article for helping determine a manufacture date using

"C A M E R O S I T Y", among other methods.