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CAMERA, BOX

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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1946
Date Range To
1952
Materials
STEEL, PAPER, VINYL
Catalogue Number
P19890043008
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1946
Date Range To
1952
Materials
STEEL, PAPER, VINYL
No. Pieces
2
Height
10.5
Length
12.5
Width
8.1
Description
BROWNIE TARGET SIX-20. USES 620 FILM. REMOVABLE BACK, LEATHER CARRYING STRAP. SINGLE SHUTTER SPEED, SHUTTER CAN BE LOCKED OPEN FOR TIME EXPOSURES. VIEWING MIRROR PRISM LOOSE IN CASE. EMBOSSED ON FRONT OVER LENS "BROWNIE TARGET SIX-20", AND "MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LTD."
Subjects
PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
Historical Association
LEISURE
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. 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
P19890043008
Acquisition Date
1989-11
Collection
Museum
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