PROJECTOR, MOTION-PICTURE

Description: BEIGE/GREY ENAMELED ALUMINUM PROJECTOR. RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE, WITH ROUNDED CORNERS; CLEAR PLASTIC HANDLE AT TOP AND SLOTTED VENTS ON EITHER END. DETACHABLE SIDE PANELS, FASTENED BY CLIPS AT TOP AND BOTTOM. ONE HAS CIRCULAR RED AND BRASS NAMEPLATE WITH "KODAK"; "500" IN GOLD LETTERS AT BOTTOM RIGHT. REVERSE OF PANEL HAS TWO-PIECE CARDBOARD INSERT, PRINTED WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR "HOW TO OPERATE THE BROWNIE 500 MOVIE PROJECTOR" AND "CARE OF THE BROWNIE 500 MOVIE PROJECTOR". BENEATH PANEL IS PROJECTION LENS, FOCUS KNOB, ELEVATION KNOB, AND THREADING AND REWINDING FUNCTIONS. ALSO SWITCH FOR LAMP, AND BLACK RUBBER POWER CORD ATTACHED AT BOTTOM. LENS DEVICE PRINTED WITH MANUFACTURING INFORMATION. BENEATH PANEL ON OPPOSITE SIDE IS SPOOL FOR LOADING FILM; ALSO TWO KNOBS LINKED BY SPRINGS TO REEL. PROJECTOR SITS ON FOUR RUBBER FEET. "F/1.6 LENS"; "MODEL A". GLUE ON TOP OF PROJECTOR FROM FORMER LABEL.

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.