PRINTER, CONTACT

Description: PRINTER CONSISTS OF A WOOD BOX, PAINTED GREY. ON TOP OF PRINTER IS A CLEAR GLASS PLATE. THERE IS A WOOD COVER, WITH RUBBER GRIPS ON THE UNDERSIDE, THAT GOES OVER TOP OF GLASS PLATE. COVER HAS VARIOUS HINGES AND SPRINGS ON IT, AS WELL AS A HANDLE THAT IS ATTACHED WITH A SPRINT AND A SHORT LEATHER STRIP. A METAL PLATE ON HANDLE READS "EASTMAN PRINTER NO. 8 MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. ON ONE SIDE OF PRINTER IS A POWER SWITCH WITH A BLACK ELECTRICAL CORD COMING OUT OF IT; ETCHED ONTO SWITCH IS "LEVITON". THERE IS ALSO A BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD ON BACK OF PRINTER. FRONT OF PRINTER HAS A DOOR THAT SWINGS DOWNWARD TO REVEAL A COMPARTMENT WITH ANOTHER GLASS PLATE THAT CAN BE PLACED IN 1 OF 3 GROOVES. THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF PLAIN WHITE PAPER ON GLASS PLATE THAT ARE TAPED TOGETHER. BELOW PLATE ARE 4 LIGHTBULBS IN PORCELAIN FIXTURES; THERE IS A FIFTH PORCELAIN FIXTURE IN THE CENTER WITH NO LIGHTBULB IN IT.

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.