Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

PLATED STEEL, VINYL, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

9.3

Length

13.5

Width

4.1

Description

FRANKA WITH "FRANKAR ANISTIGMAT" F:6.3 75MM LENS. LENS WITH BELLOWS FOLDS OUT TO IMPROVE FOCAL LENGTH. HINGED BACK. INCLUDES FLASH SHOE. USES 2 1/4 INCH FILM. CAMERA EXTERIOR IS VERY WORN. WORKING ORDER. "MADE IN GERMANY U.S.- ZONE" ON BACK.

Subjects

PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

CAMERA IS LIKELY A KODAK COPY. REPRESENTS A TRANSISTION FROM FOLDING TO RANGEFINDER. 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. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THOMAS HERBERT MCCREADY'S 1993 OBITUARY, A 1990 LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE ON MCCREADY'S CAMERA COLLECTION AND A 2013 INTERVIEW WITH MCREADY'S WIDOW LORENE MCCREADY, PLEASE SEE P19890043001 AND THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19890043004

Acquisition Date

1989-11

Collection

Museum

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