CAMERA, RANGEFINDER

Description: ILOCA RAPID II L 35MM CAMERA WITH 1:2.8 50MM "CASSAR S" LENS, C/W LEATHER CASE & EXPOSURE METER. CAMERA WINDING MECHANISM & SHUTTER RELEASE NOT WORKING. "PRONTOR SVS" STAMPED INTO LENS CASING.

History: COLLECTED BY DONOR AS PROPRIETER OF MCCREADY-BAINES DRUG STORE. PURCHASED BUSINESS FROM FATHER IN 1963 WITH PARTNER BAINES. BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IN 1909 AT 614 3 AVE SOUTH IN ACADIA BLOCK. MOVED TO SHERLOCK BLOCK AFTER FIRE IN 1918. MOVED BACK TO ACADIA BLOCK IN 1952. DONOR JOINED BUSINESS AFTER W.W.II OPERATING A SUCCESSFUL CAMERA DEPT. UNTIL 1970 WHEN DONOR SOLD TO BAINES. THE DONOR BEGAN DISPLAYING TRADE-IN CAMERAS FOR WHOOP-UP DAYS IN STORE WINDOW. SOON PEOPLE WERE BRINGING CAMERAS TO ADD TO THE DISPLAY. THIS COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF THOSE CAMERAS. THE PHARMACY CLOSED IN 1981. SEE ATTACHED HISTORY. "MADE IN GERMANY" _______________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: ON 11 JULY 2013, MUSEUM TECH KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE WIDOW OF DONOR TOM MCCREADY, MRS. LORENE MCCREADY, AT HER HOME. THE INTERVIEW’S QUESTIONS WERE RELATED TO HER KNOWLEDGE OF AND USE OF TOM’S CAMERA COLLECTION. TO VIEW THIS INTERVIEW, THOMAS HERBERT MCCREADY'S 1993 OBITUARY AND A 1990 LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE ON MCCREADY'S CAMERA COLLECTION, PLEASE SEE THE DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE.