Beau Brownie 2 & 2A

Between 1930 and 33 , Kodak arrives to the market with the series Beau Brownie 2 and 2A.

The first uses the 116 film while the 2A uses the 120 film.

These simple detectives box cameras were the result from a partnership between Kodak and the industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague

Artdeco design is well identified in geometric and colored façade.

Old Bordeaux(By H. Duclos)

Two glass pictures from 1905, in "Allées de Tourny" ( Bordeaux /France).

It was a special day, the French President was present to inaugurate the Gambetta Monument. 

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10Pictures from Bordeaux

Pictures signed "H.DUCLOS "

In those days, the city life was a little different from nowadays. 

The city was completely depending from the Garonne river.

Le Pont (Pierre)

Bordeaux

Grand Pont (Pont Pierre)

La Porte de Caillau ou du Palais

Ruines du Palais Gallien

Les colonnes

Les 3 Graces

Monument au Girondins

Jardin Public

Jardin Public

 

Baby Orenac

Walking around St.Michel boot market, in Bordeaux  , my eyes could easily identify this ordinary french Orenac, produced by SEM ( Société des Etablissements Modernes de Mécaniques).

Only later I discover that was a variant.The Baby Orenac, from 1950.

Body SNumber. BB386 with Anastigmat Cross f45 2.9