Kodak Beau Brownie No 2
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a doublet lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter, B/I and two reflecting finders. In blue leatherette with two tone blue geometrical design on the front panel. Eastman Kodak, 1930-1932
Beau Brownie No 2 made by the Eastman Kodak Company in the United States, 1930.
The Beau Brownie was available in black, pink, blue, green and tan. The metal body was designed the American architect and designer Walter Dorwin Teague, the front of the camera made of two tone enamel in a typical Art Deco style. The No 2 used 120 film, and produced 2 ¼ x 3 ¼" pictures.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1655
- Materials:
- glass and leatherette
- Measurements:
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overall: 100 mm x 76 mm x 110 mm,
- type:
- box camera and rollfilm camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
