Kodak Boy Scout Brownie (1932)
The Boy Scout Brownie lasted about two months. Kodak introduced it in October 1932 and discontinued it in December of the same year. It was a No. 2 Brownie with a special faceplate. The front panel carried a geometric pattern and the American Boy Scout emblem, and the camera itself was copied directly from the popular No. 2 Brownie line. It sold new for $2.00.
It's a box rollfilm camera that takes 2¼ × 3¼-inch pictures on 120 film. It has a meniscus lens and a rotary shutter. The run was short because Kodak was already shifting toward the 620 format, so the Boy Scout Brownie is a relatively scarce collectible today. Listings routinely describe it as "rare" and "limited production."
What's genuinely known about it, in short:
- **Film:** 120 rollfilm, 2¼ × 3¼" pictures
- **Lens:** Meniscus
- **Shutter:** Rotary
- **Introduced:** October 1932
- **Discontinued:** December 1932
- **Original price:** $2.00
- **Made in:** US
Production numbers aren't documented. Even the primary source lists them as unknown. The Six-20 Boy Scout Brownie, a sibling model, was made from 1933 to 1934 and used 620 film. Some listings conflate the two or suggest a 1929 introduction date, but the October 1932 date is the better-documented one. Beyond that, the record is thin. No detailed lens specs, no dimensions, no shutter speeds, and no period reviews have surfaced.
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