In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:


a box brownie was a mirrorless camera too.

No it wasn't. They usually had two view finders (for portrait and
landscape) with mirrors in each.

there were a *lot* of brownie cameras, most *without* a mirror.

there's no mirror on these:
http://www.brownie-camera.com/5.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/5-2.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/95.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/7.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/41.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/83.shtml

but these did:
http://www.brownie-camera.com/32.shtml
http://www.brownie-camera.com/33.shtml