Serial Number: Cam0047
Type:
Box camera
Manufacturer:
Eastman Kodak Company
Country of Origin:
New York, USA
Production Period:
1930 - 1933
Approximate Price:
USD 120.00 - 140.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
The Beau Brownie range was available from
1930 to 1933. They differed little from the popular Brownie
cameras, the only technical difference being the introduction
of a new doublet lens, allowing the same picture to be projected on a film plate over a shorter distance, making the Beau
Brownies nearly 2" shorter than their conventional counterparts. Visually, they had a different enameled two-tone front
plate in a geometric Art Deco design, the work of American
designer Walter Dorwin Teague. They were available in five
color combinations: black and burgundy, brown and tan,
two-tone blue, two-tone green, and two-tone rose.[9] The rose
and green cameras were produced only in 1930 and 1931, and
are therefore rarer than the others. They were encased in a
faux-leatherette casing. There were two formats, the $4 No.2
and $5 2A, just like the Brownies, the No.2 measuring 2 ¼" by 3
¼" and using 120 roll film, and the 2A measuring 2½" by 4¼",
and taking 116 Kodak roll film. The 2A had a thicker, bakelite
rim and was an inch taller than the No. 2.
