Whitehouse Products 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 chambers and collapsing to the front panel disabled the shutter. Starting c1947, they made a wonderfully styled camera named "Beacon", and several variations of it over the next 24 years, all of the same basic style. The Beacon is a very simple camera and not much more than a box camera in a smaller package. It has a two speed shutter selector with I (instant 1/50 of a second) and B (Bulb). Other features are the collapsible lens chamber, shutter lock when closed, optical eye level viewfinder, two red frame count view windows that also line up the frame, left side film advance knob, a 3/8 inch 16 thread tripod socket on the bottom, and two optically ground 46mm Whitmar coated and color corrected lenses. The camera uses 127 film for 3x4cm exposures and was produced from 1947 to 1955. Note: In 1971, Whitehouse teamed up with StarKist Tuna and produced this novelty camera in the form of StarKist's cartoon mascot, Charlie.