CAMERA

Description: 1. CAMERA. BLACK PLASTIC. ON FRONT READS "MINOLTA" AND "AF MOTOR". HAS ROUND LENS ON FRONT AS WELL AS A SILVER FLASH BUTTON (WHEN PUSHED CAUSES FLASH TO POP UP). ON TOP OF CAMERA IS ROUND BUTTON FOR TAKING PICTURE; TOP OF CAMERA READS "HI-MATIC AF2-M". BACKSIDE OF CAMERA HAS RECTANGULAR VIEW FINDER, A REWIND BUTTON, AND AN OPEN BUTTON FOR DOOR IN BACK (WHERE FILM GOES). CAMERA HAS A STRAP ATTACHED TO IT THAT IS WHITE WITH RED MAPLE LEAVES ON ONE SIDE, AND BLACK VELVET ON THE OTHER. 2. CASE. BLACK LEATHER CASE. BOTTOM SIDE OF CASE IS ZIPPERED. ON FRONT READS "MINOLTA". IMPRESSED INTO BACK OF CASE IS "JAPAN" "3". THERE IS A FOAM CUSHION INSIDE CASE. EITHER SIDE OF CASE HAS A SNAP FOR CLOSING AND AN OPENING FOR CAMERA STRAP TO GO THROUGH.

History: CAMERA WAS BOUGHT, BY DONORS, SOMETIME FROM MID 1970'S TO 1980 FROM ROBINSON'S CAMERA IN LETHBRIDGE. CAMERA WAS USED TO RECORD THE FAMILY'S TRAVELS OVERSEAS AND LOCALLY. AT THE TIME THE DONOR'S REALLY LIKED THE CAMERA'S PERFORMANCE BUT THEY STOPPED USING AROUND 1997 WHEN THE DONOR'S WANTED THE PANORAMIC OPTION. *** UPDATE: ON 30 MAY 2014, THE DONOR’S WIFE, VIOLET MARTIN, VISITED THE GALT TO DONATE ANOTHER CAMCORDER PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE. WHILE THAT CAMERA WAS NOT ACCEPTED FOR THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH VIOLET WITH RESPECT TO HER AND THE DONOR’S EMIGRATION FROM INDIA, ENGLAND AND THEIR MULTI-DECADE RESIDENCY IN LETHBRIDGE. MUCH OF THE INTERVIEW DEALS WITH GEORGE’S DESIRE TO DOCUMENT THE WORLD AROUND HIM WHICH INCLUDES HIS SOURCING AND USAGE OF HIS DONATED CAMERA EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEAR-4000 WORD INTERVIEW, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE AS WELL AS OTHER DONATIONS BY THE DONOR.