Whitehouse Products

Early Beacon, with B setting	Beacon II, with B/I switch	Two-Twenty-Five - the larger Beacon by Rick Soloway
Whitehouse Products Inc. was a camera manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It made simple Bakelite (and later other plastic) snapshot models, branded Beacon. Early Beacon models had collapsible lens panels; collapsing the panel disabled the shutter. Early models featured a B shutter setting, which was removed on later examples. The Beacon II and Two-Twenty-Five were fitted for mounting a flashgun. The later Reflex model was almost identical to the Ansco Cadet Reflex. The WH 127-A model was also sold by Argus as the Argus 127. Cameras Name Dates Film Format Beacon 16 3x4cm on 127 Beacon II 1947-55 16 3x4cm on 127 Beacon Two-Twenty-Five 1950-58 12 6x6cm on 620 Beacon Reflex c1960 12 4x4cm on 127 Beacon Automatic 705 ? 12 28x28mm on 126 Beacon Autoflash WH 127-A ? 12 4x4 on 127 Charlie the Tuna 1971 12 28x28mm on 126 The Beacon, Beacon II & Two-Twenty-Five cameras were usually black, but were available in various different colours.

Autoflash WH 127-A also sold as Argus 127

Charlie the Tuna by John Kratz

Beacon II, without B/I switch,lens panel extended

Links

• Beacon II manual on Mike Butkus's site
• Beacon Flash manual on Mike Butkus's site
• FOTOFEX Beacon page

• Whitehouse cameras on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
• Charlie the Tuna by Flickr user Travis Gray
• Photos taken with a Beacon by Marcy Merrill
• Beacon II with Flash
• Photo on Flickr by user midmophil
• (another) Photo on Flickr by user midmophil
• Photo of Argus version of WH127 by midmophil
• Beacon two-twenty-five, plus photos taken with it by DeanW
• Beacon Cameras at PBase.com
• Autoflash 127-A on OneTwoSeven.org.uk
• Automatic 705 on ClicClac.fr (French)
• Whitehouse page at Collection G. Even's site