Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

KODAK AUTOGRAPHIC JR.

Date

1915

Materials

LEATHER, NICKEL PLATE, GLASS, LINEN

No. Pieces

2

Height

4.4

Length

22.9

Width

10.8

Description

SER #70350, PAT 1915. "KODAK ANASTIGMAT F: 17 MM" ADJUSTABLE SHUTTER SPEED, F.11-45. VARIOUS PATENT DATES INSIDE BACK COVER. CAMERA IS FUNCTIONAL "USE AUTOGRAPHIC FILM NO. A-130" ON PLATE OF CASE.

Subjects

PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

PURCHASED JULY 1915 & USED BY MR. CONSTABLE DURING WW I.. MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK TORONTO, LENS BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER N.Y. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, AND FOUND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND THE ATTESTATION PAPERS OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAMERA, ERNEST CONSTABLE. CONSTABLE WAS BORN IN DARLASTON, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND IN 1892 AND MOVED TO MANITOBA IN 1909. CONSTABLE SIGNED HIS ATTESTATION PAPERS WITH THE CANADIAN OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1914, AND FOUGHT OVERSEAS WITH THE 5TH BATTALION IN WWI. IN 1948 CONSTABLE MOVED TO ALBERTA, LIVING FIRST IN EDMONTON AND TABER BEFORE SETTLING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1955, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. CONSTABLE DIED ON MARCH 12, 1967. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEXT OF KIN WAS NOT FOUND. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672602000 FOR HARDCOPY OF ATTESTATION PAPERS AND OBITUARY.

Catalogue Number

P19672842000

Acquisition Date

1967-09

Collection

Museum

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