PROJECTOR, FILM STRIP

Description: DUKANE FLIP-TOP SOUND SLIDEFILM PROJECTOR MODEL 14A230C CASE OPENS TO SHOW DISPLAY SCREEN & GIVE ACCESS TO FILM STRIP MECHANISM & 45 RPM TURNTABLE. OPERATED FROM AC OUTLET. SOME SILVER LOSS ON PROJECTION MIRROR. LEATHER COVERED WOOD CASE. C/W GUIDE BOOKLET, PRINTED IN 1959. STAMPED ONTO METAL IN BOX IS "MODEL 14A2300 115 VOLT 60 CY AC 140 WATTS LAMP CDX PHONO SPEED 45 R.P.M." SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

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.