ATTACHMENT, FLASH

Description: CONSISTS OF A BLACK PLASTIC BOX (ABOVE DIMENSIONS), ATTACHED TO A LIGHT, VIA A BLACK CORD. ON LID OF BOX READS "METZ MECABLITZ". LID OPENS ON HINGES. INSIDE BOX IS A SHORT ELECTRICAL CORD. INSIDE BOX READS "MECABLITZ 300 . . .A.C. ONLY. BEFORE OPENING PULL MAINS PLUG". EMBOSSED ON INSIDE OF BOX IS "MADE IN W. GERMANY". THERE ARE ALSO 2 STICKERS INSIDE BOX: ONE READS "MODEL 300" THE OTHER "APPROVALS LABORATORIES". BOX HAS A BLACK VINYL, ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER STRAP, WITH A RUBBER GRIP (GRIP IS VERY BRITTLE; ONE PIECE HAS BROKEN OFF). PHOTO LIGHT CONSISTS OF A ROUND HOUSING, CONTAINING LIGHT BULB, ON TOP OF A VERTICAL HANDLE. HANDLE HAS A RED BUTTON IN THE FRONT AND AN ON/OFF SWITCH IN THE BACK. EMBOSSED ON SIDE OF HANDLE IS "MADE IN W. GERMANY".

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, STANLEY FRUET; ITEMS WERE PASSED DOWN TO DONOR FROM HIS FATHER, WILLIAM FRUET (SEE P20010041000 FOR HISTORY). BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1943, STANLEY WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED HERE AS WELL. HE FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND BECAME A PHOTOGRAPHER AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A PHOTO JOURNALIST WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND EDMONTON JOURNAL. AFTER LEAVING THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS, STANLEY PARTOOK IN ONE OF HIS FAVORITE HOBBIES, TRAVELLING THE WORLD. STANLEY PASSED AWAY IN 2001.