Brownie @ 100

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E130.00281


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No 2 Beau Brownie

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
DESIGNER: Teague, Walter Dorwin
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2 Beau
INTRODUCTION DATE: Oct. 1930
PRODUCTION DATES: 1930-1933
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $4.25
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  doublet lens
  rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Metal body, styled by Walter Dorwin Teague with two-tone enamelled
  geometric Art Deco design front panel, in five colors - black, blue,
  rose, green and tan, with matching leatherette covering (green and
  rose models sold only in 1930 and 1931, and were not available in UK,
  although a maroon version was available). The doublet lens allowed
  a shorter body than with the usual Brownie boxes." (Coe, B, 1988).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00281
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 32

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. p.33.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//

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