15. The Kodak Brownie Camera
The Kodak Brownie camera was one of the first hand-held cameras that was affordable for the average person to buy and take pictures. Contrary to what we would think today, it wasn’t named after the chocolate dessert. “Brownies” were little fairies that supposedly came out of the walls at night to do the housework, kind of like the characters from The Borrowers. These little fairies were featured in all of the advertisements for the camera.
