E130.00353
No 2A Beau Brownie
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00353
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MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
DESIGNER: Teague, Walter Dorwin
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Brownie, No 2A Beau
INTRODUCTION DATE: Oct. 1930
PRODUCTION DATES: 1930-1933
FILM TYPE: 116 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $5.25
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Box rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
doublet lens
rotary shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Metal body box styled by Walter Dorwin Teague with two-tone
enamelled geometric Art Deco design front panel in five colours -
black, tan, rose, green, blue - with matching leatherette covering.
Green and rose models sold only in 1930 and 1931. The doublet lens
allowed a shorter body than with usual Brownie boxes." (Coe, B, 1988).
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 2
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UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//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. pp. 34.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//
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