The Brownie Bullet is a tiny point-and-shoot composed of a solid bakelite body and a metal front plate. It is simply constructed and quite minimal: the size of the body is essentially the size of the 127 film that would fit inside. The front and back halves of the camera are locked together on either side by sliding metal strap attachments. It was designed by Arthur H. Crapsey, Jr. (1919-1998), who came to work for Eastman Kodak after losing a leg in World War II.
The Bullet is a promotional version of the Brownie Holiday, an exact copy never sold in stores but given out by third-party companies, like Campbell’s Soup. The Holiday, however, was on the market from October of 1953 to April of 1962 and originally sold for $5. The Brownie Chiquita is yet another version of this camera, manufactured in Rochester with a Spanish front plate and box (and an untranslated English instruction manual), and meant for exclusive distribution in Brazil.
Manufacturer: Kodak
Model: Brownie Bullet
Type: Point-&-shoot eyelevel rollfilm
Date of Production: 1957 – 1964
Place of Production: Rochester, NY
Lens: Dakon
Focal Range: Fixed-focus
Shutter: Rotary, snapshot
Film: 127
Finder: Enclosed, optical, eye-level
Picture size: 1.625 × 2.5 in
Exposures Per Roll: 8
Designer: Arthur Hunt Crapsey, Jr.
