PROJECTOR, SLIDE

Description: 1. CASE. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. RECTANGULAR WOODEN CASE, COVERED IN TEXTURED BLACK PAPER (MADE TO LOOK LIKE LEATHER). ON THE FRONT IS A BLACK, STEEL LATCH. ABOVE THIS IS A METAL PLATE THAT READS "SVE PICTUROL PROJECTOR". ON TOP IS A BLACK LEATHER HANDLE. BACK OF CASE HAS TWO HINGES FOR LID. INSIDE HAS CARDBOARD PIECES, COVERED IN GREY FELT, FOR HOLDING PIECES IN PLACE. PAPER COVERING IS WORN THROUGHOUT. 2. PROJECTOR. 17.0 X 18.8 X 8.7. BLACK. SIDE OF PROJECTOR HAS A METAL PLATE THAT READS "MINIATURE SVE PROJECTOR MODEL RK 120 VOLTS 100 WATTS NO.25743 MANUFACTURED BY SOCIETY FOR VISUAL EDUCATION, INC. CHICAGO U.S.A.". ON SAME SIDE, AT BASE, IS A CHROME LEVER THAT TILTS PROJECTOR BACK, WHEN TURNED. BOTTOM OF PROJECTOR HAS A STICKER ON IT THAT READS "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"; ANOTHER STICKER ON BOTTOM HAS VARIOUS PATENT NUMBERS, THE FIRST ONE IS "1,253,220". THERE IS A BLACK ELECTRICAL CORD COMING OUT OF SIDE OF PROJECTOR, WITH AN ON/OFF SWITCH EMBOSSED WITH THE PATENT NUMBER "1638828". 3. LENS. 11.5 X 5.0. STEEL CYLINDER, WITH 2 CLEAR GLASS LENSES. ONE END OF CYLINDER HAS A LIP ON IT, THAT IS ETCHED WITH "SOCIETY FOR VISUAL EDUCATION INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A. 5" FOCUS SERIES 0." 4. SLIDE CARRIER. 0.9 X 16.2 X 5.5. 2 PIECES. STEEL. ONE PIECE IS TWO PLATES OF STEEL JOINED TOGETHER (ALLOWS A SLIDE TO BE PLACED BETWEEN THE 2), WITH 2 ROUGHLY SQUARE CUTOUTS. EACH END HAS A ROUNDED EXTRUSION. SECOND PIECE SLIDES OVER TOP OF FIRST; HAS A SQUARE CUTOUT.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, WILLIAM J. FRUET WHO OWNED A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO (FRUET STUDIO) IN LETHBRIDGE, ON 5TH STREET SOUTH FROM 1939 TO 1963. HE WAS A SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR ALL SOUTHERN ALBERTA FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS. WILLIAM WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE NUMEROUS LANDSCAPES HE PHOTOGRAPHED OF THE AREA. MANY OF THESE WERE SEEN IN EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WILLIAM WAS BORN IN 1906 IN ZURICH SWITZERLAND, WHERE HE WAS ALSO RAISED. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1924 TO SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, AND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1926. HE REMAINED HERE THE REST OF HIS LIFE AS HE CONSIDERED IT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD. STORY GOES THAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY (IE. MAYOR SHACKLEFORD) SUPPORTED WILLIAM TO GET A START DURING THE DEPRESSION. WILLIAM BEGAN HIS STUDIO WORK IN HIS EARLY 30S, AND RETIRED IN 1972. WILLIAM WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN LEGION, MINER'S LIBRARY CLUB, AND LABOR CLUB. DONOR'S MOTHER'S FAMILY (SKRUKWA) SETTLED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN THE LATE 1800S. WILLIAM FRUET PASSED AWAY IN 1973 AND DONOR'S BROTHER (STANLEY) STORED HIS FATHER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT WITH THE INTENTION OF USING IT. WHEN STANLEY PASSED AWAY IN MAY 2001, DONOR CAME INTO POSSESSION OF ARTIFACTS.