CAMERA, FOLDING

Description: NAGEL VOLENDA WITH "XENAR SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH" F:4.5 100.5MM LENS. HINGED BACK. WOOD FILM REEL. USES 120 FILM. VIEWFINDER ABOVE LENS & ON TOP OF CAMERA BODY. SHUTTER RELEASE NOT FULLY FUNCTIONAL. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. C/W LEATHER CASE LINED WITH BLUE VELVETEEN, AND IS VERY OLD AND WORN. "NAGEL COMPUR" ON LENS FRAME, AND "72" MARKED ON HANDLE. "MADE IN GERMANY"

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.