CAMERA, FOLDING

Description: VEST POCKET KODAK MODEL B BELLOWS MOUNTED CAMERA, FIXED FOCUS. SINGLE SPEED SHUTTER, CAN BE LOCKED OPEN FOR TIME EXPOSURE. VIEWFINDER MOUNTED ABOVE LENS. REMOVABLE BACK. USES ROLL FILM. WORKING ORDER. C/W LEATHER CASE & SMALL TOOL. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. "USE KODAK FILM NO. 127" EMBOSSED ON BACK OF CAMERA. LEATHER ON CAMERA BACKING IS VERY WORN, AND COMING OFF. "PAT. NO. 234004/24" STAMPED INTO CLASP ON CASE. "MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER N.Y."

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.