Origsize: 4.25" (h) x 5.5" (w); Origformat: Artifact
Name/Title
Buster Brown No. 2A Camera
Entry/Object ID
1998.24.2
Description
This is an Ansco brand "Buster Brown" No. 2A camera. The camera has a leather strap on the top that goes diagonally across the camera. The Buster Brown No. 2A made 2 1/2×4 1/4 "
exposures probably on type 116 film rolls. There is a note associated with the camera that reads, "'Kodak' Box Camera owned by Laura Goad in 1918. She became Laura Goad Manion in 1923./ Razor of Benjamin A. Manion" on the front and, "Mother and father of Charles E. Manion/ 1161 Berch St." on the back. The camera measures 4.25" (h) x 5.5" (w) x 3.25" (d).
Collection
Permanent Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1906 - 1923
Notes
Date: 1914 circa
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Camera
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Camera Equipment
Nomenclature Class
Photographic T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Parts
Count
1
Provenance
Notes
"Kodak" Box Camera owned by Laura Goad in 1918. She became Laura Goad Manion in 1923.
