BULB, LIGHT

Description: RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD BOX WITH ATTACHED TOP FLAP LID. YELLOW, BLUE, AND WHITE PRINT; LID READS "GE REFLECTOR PHOTOFLOODS TWO GENERAL ELECTRIC 300 WATT R-30 LAMPS BEP". BOX PRINTED ON ALL SIDES; BACK HAS TWO PERFORATED SLOTS WHICH FUNCTION AS HANDLE. CONTAINS TWO LARGE BULBS, CASED IN RECTANGULAR CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEATHS; ALSO PRINTED IN YELLOW AND BLUE WITH MANUFACTURING DETAILS. CIRCULAR CARDBOARD RING HOLDS BULBS IN PLACE; PRINTED WITH DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND EXPOSURE GUIDE. BULBS APPEAR UNUSED. EDGES OF BOX WORN; GLUE FROM LABEL ON LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF LID.

History: PURCHASED BY DONOR AND WIFE MARIAN, AT BIRTH OF FIRST DAUGHTER IN JULY 1958. USED WITH BROWNIE "TURRET F-1.9" MOTION PICTURE CAMERA (NOT INCLUDED), FOR FILMING CHILDREN FROM THEIR INFANCY, ON BIRTHDAYS, HOLIDAY TRIPS, FAMILY GATHERINGS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS. DONOR CLAIMS IT WAS USED EXTENSIVELY. SIX YEARS AGO DONOR HAD ALL FILMS MADE WITH CAMERA EDITED AND TRANSPOSED TO VIDEO AS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN. DONOR WORKED AS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE MEMBER AND WAS TRANSFERRED OFTEN, RETIRING FROM THE FORCE IN 1971. MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR, AND TAUGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 21 YEARS AT THE LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RETIRING IN 1992.