CAMERA, FOLDING

Description: KODAK VIGILANT JUNIOR SIX-20 WITH "KODET" F:12.5 LENS. & "DAK SHUTTER". LENS FIXED BELLOWS MOUNT, VIEWFINDER MOUNTED ABOVE LENS & OTHER FINDER ON CAMERA BODY. HINGED BACK. USES 620 ROLL FILM. WORKING ORDER. LEATHER CARRYING STRAP C/W ORIGINAL BOX. PAPER DECAL ON INSIDE OF CASE READS "PATENTED IN CANADA 1934 1936 PRINTED IN USA NO. 76612". "MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED."

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.