On 2016-08-23 22:42:18 +0000, nospam said:

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

That is a 1900 preview finder Box Brownie.

http://www.brownie-camera.com/5-2.shtml
Definitely not a "Box Brownie".
http://www.brownie-camera.com/95.shtml
Not a "Box Brownie".
http://www.brownie-camera.com/7.shtml
Not a "Box Brownie".
http://www.brownie-camera.com/41.shtml
Not a "Box Brownie".
http://www.brownie-camera.com/83.shtml
Not a "Box Brownie".

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

Those are laughingly "Reflex Brownies", not "Box Brownies".

However, this is the Brownie "Box" type that Eric and I were refering to:
http://www.brownie-camera.com/69.shtml

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Savageduck