Kodak No.2A Beau Brownie - Brown and Tan (C)

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. 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 No.2 and 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.

This auction is for an original No.2A Beau Brownie in brown and tan.

In original antique condition, see photo for more details.