CAMERA, BOX

Description: "UNIVEX MODEL A", "COPYRIGHT1933" PLASTIC BODY, METAL TAKE-UP SPOOL. SIMPLE 1 SPEED SPRING RELEASE SHUTTER DEVICE. C/W BOX & PAPER ENCLOSURE WITH A WRITTEN DISCLAIMER. USES "UNIVEX 00 FILM". ONE END OF BOX HAS BEEN TORN OFF. PAPER ENCLOSURE IS EXPLAINING LEGAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH DELAYED DELIVERY OF THE CAMERA. FRONT OF CAMERA, HAD RAISED FROM PLASTIC FRAME, "UNIVEX" "USE UNIVEX XO. 00 FILM ROLES ONLY". "MODEL A CAMERA U.S. PAT. DES. 89,888 OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN PATS. POG", "UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION NEW YORK U.S.A."

History: ACQUIRED BY FATHER OF DONOR, MERLIN HAYES OF SPRINHILL NOVA SCOTIA. DONOR SAYS ITEMS WERE ALWAYS IN THEIR HOME & BELIEVES CAMERA WAS MAIL ORDERED. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A CIGARETTE ROLLER DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY VERNA HERRETT. RESEARCH TO CONNECT WITH THE DONOR OR ANY OF HER DESCENDANTS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE INITIAL DOCUMENTATION LISTS THE ARTIFACTS AS BELONGING TO THE DONOR’S FATHER, MERLIN HAYES. WORLD WAR I SERVICE RECORDS FOR HAYES WERE FOUND ON THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA ONLINE DATABASE, AND STATES THAT HE WAS BORN IN SPRINGHILL, NOVA SCOTIA ON AUGUST 3, 1897. ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOUND AN OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON FEBRUARY 10, 1982 FOR THE DONOR’S HUSBAND, JOHN (RAY) RAYMOND HERRETT. THE OBITUARY STATES THAT HERRETT WAS BORN IN RIVER PHILLIP, NOVA SCOTIA. HE WAS MARRIED TO VERNA MAE HERRETT (NEE HAYES) ON DECEMBER 18, 1953 IN SPRING HILL, NOVA SCOTIA. HE SERVED IN THE R.C.A.F. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1979. HE PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 6, 1982 AT THE AGE OF 48. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR WAS LOCATED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS REFERENCED IN THE ABOVE INFORMATION.