Bakelite was an early form of hard, brittle thermosetting plastic, used in camera making from the 1930s to the 1960s.
It was made of bakelite, used 620 film, and the view finder was on top so you had to look down at it. At some point in time I cracked the case which allowed light to seep inside and ruin the pictures. My dad fixed it with a piece of adhesive tape.
1950′s Ice-O-Matic ice crusher body, Bakelite coffee pot handle, Watt gauge, Brownie Hawkeye camera, pair of motorcycle control levers, extrude aluminum stock and a pair of candle holders.
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One of the most popular Brownie models was the Brownie 127, millions of which were sold between 1952 and 1967. The Brownie 127 was a simple bakelite camera for 127 film which featured a simple meniscus lens and a curved film plane to reduce the ...
 See also: Camera, View, Shutter, Film, Photograph
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