I saw this Eastman Kodak Beau Brownie camera at the Smithsonian Museum of American History last year. It’s from the 1930s and came in five different color choices.
I wonder how many early photographers started their camera addictions with models like this. I think I can date the real beginning of my camera history back to a Pentax K1000, a far cry from this number.
This brings back memories. My mother had a black box camera. It was simple and easy to use. When taking pictures I was told to always stand with my back to sun.
I used my mom’s brownie camera when I was in high school. I remember using the flash bulbs and how you had to carry around a bunch of them and this was in the 60s. Thanks for the memory!
Flash bulbs! Another item that’s faded into obscurity!
That was a nice compact camera!
I’m surprised she was so small for that period.
The Art Deco patterns are wonderful on it!
Quite a throwback!