No.2A Beau Brownie black
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
TEXT ON STRAP: none
INTRODUCTION DATE: Oct. 1930
INSIDE LABEL NUMBER: 40.997
PRODUCTION DATES: 1930-1933
FILM TYPE: 116 rollfilm IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 4¼ inch.
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: doublet lens rotary shutter.
No.2A Beau Brownie with special made cable release.
The cable is made by Kodak in Germany for the France marked. Kodak-Fabrique de Allemagne.
Metal body, styled by Walter Dorwin Teague with two-tone enameled geometric Art Deco
design front panel, in five colours; 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). The doublet lens allowed a shorter body than with the usual
Brownie boxes. Some have "Eastman Kodak" but not all cameras. Also manufactured in
Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. ltd. some have a logo inside "made in Canada" but not
all cameras
