No.2 Brownie
Type: Box rollfilm
Introduced: Oct 1901
Discontinued: 1933
Film size: 120
Picture size: 2 1/4 X 3 1/4"
Manufactured: US, Canada, UK from 1928-1935
Lens: Meniscus
Shutter: Rotary
Numbers made: over 2,500,000 before 1921
Original price: $2.00 Aluminum model F $2.75
Color models $2.50
Description:
Leatherette covered card or, from 1924, metal box;
two reflecting finders
Variations:
1901-early 1902: detachable winding keys similar
to The Brownie camera
Early 1902: fixed pull-out winding key
Feb 1904: Model B; fine grain leatherette
covering replaced by coarser grain; metal
eyelets fitted to lens and finder windows.
Apr 1907: Model C; spoolcenters fitted
Dec 1914: Model D; during the run of this
model the sliding latch for hinged back was
replaced by a spring catch; mask in back ommitted
June 1917: Film tension springs bearing on
spools ends instead of center
Dec 1917: metal name plate on back
Mar 1919: Model E; metal film carrier
instead of wood, card outer casting
Mar 1920: Trigger guard fitted
Feb 1924: Model F; aluminum case replaced card;
tripod sockets added; no trigger guard; finer
grain leatherette covering
Apr 1929-1933: US models in five color
finishes - Red, grey, green, blue, brown - as well
as black
1929-1933: UK models in six color finishes - Red, grey, green, blue, brown, claret - as well as black
Nov 1930: UK model in special Modernist finish,
black with slight relief, wax-like feel; made
only in limited numbers for the Christmas season.(See No.2 Portrait Brownie Camera)
From 1931: knob replaced winding key; 1931 models
had rectangular line decoration of earlier models;
thereafter plain finish
1934-1935: UK models in two color finishes - grey
or black. Silver model produced for Silver Jubilee
of King George V in 1935.
Approximate worth: $30-45 Colored $40-65 Silver $45-70
