ON this date in 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, members of the innovation team, told Mr. Eastman this was just the start of what they could create in film, and they were sure others would innovate further.

Sure enough, years later, my sister Eileen would turn a Brownie into a pocketbook--it was a masterpiece.