This is the Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash, it was introduced in 1953 and was discontinued in 1962. The camera was an improvement from the Brownie Holiday, by the addition of a synchronized flash unit. It was made with brown moulded plastic and used metal claps to hold the camera’s film loading back plate in place.
I haven’t personally used the camera as of yet but my daughter (10) has shot a roll or two from it, she says: The camera is very simple and is a very basic point and shoot.
Well said as she’s simply telling it how it is, the Camera was made for that very purpose, simply point the camera at your subject and shoot. With the additional flash unit it could be used indoors as with all early box cameras indoor shooting had its limitations.
The Specs:
Type of camera: Solid body eye-level
Film/picture format: 127 film, producing a negative of 1 5/8” x 2 1/2”
Lens Mount: None, fixed lens
Lens(es): 1953 – 55 (Kodet lens) 1955 – 62 (Dakon Plastic lens)
Shutter: Rotary
Exposure metering: None
Viewfinder: Simple eye-level
Focussing screen: None
Reflex mirror: None
Depth-of-field preview: None
Frame counter: Rear ruby viewing window onto numbered film paper backing
Film advance: rotation of knob located on top left hand side
Power source: Body None, Flash unit two 1 1/2-volt penlite batteries.
Camera Back: Fixed
Body Finish: Brown moulded plastic with metal face plate