Kodak Baby Hawkeye
Documentation on the Kodak Baby Hawkeye is thin and fragmentary. The most concrete record is digicamhistory.com, which lists a "KODAK BROWNIE HAWKEYE CAMERA FLASH MODEL". It used 620 film, sold for $5.50, and was produced from 1950 to 1961. The same source says 620 film is now hard to find, and that some users spool 120 film onto 620 spools to keep cameras like this one running.
Camera-wiki.org adds a separate thread. It describes a "Baby Hawkeye" as a box camera with crackle-finish paint, apparently made in England. Some examples are marked "Fabriqué en Angleterre," which suggests French-market distribution. No lens, shutter, or format specifications for this variant are documented, and no production dates or original prices have been confirmed for it.
What is genuinely known, then, is modest:
- 620 film format (per digicamhistory.com, for the Flash Model)
- Original price: $5.50 (per digicamhistory.com)
- Production years: 1950–61 (per digicamhistory.com)
- An England-made "Baby Hawkeye" variant with crackle-finish paint existed (per camera-wiki.org)
No dimensions, weight, lens or shutter details, market values, or owner reception have surfaced in the research. The two names may refer to the same camera or to close relatives. The record doesn't say. It was an inexpensive, entry-level Kodak box camera of the postwar era, and the biggest practical hurdle today is the film.
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