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CAMERA

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
CANON POPULAIRE
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
STEEL, NICKEL, LEATHER, PAPER
Catalogue Number
P19970041155
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
CANON POPULAIRE
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
STEEL, NICKEL, LEATHER, PAPER
No. Pieces
3
Height
12
Length
18
Width
8.5
Description
.1) CAMERA. CANON CAMERA HAS BLACK AND SILVER BODY AND IS INSIDE BROWN LEATHER CASE WITH COVER FLAP THAT HAS "CANON" STAMPED INTO AREA COVERING THE LENS. CAMERA HAS "CANON" ON FRONT AND "CANON CAMERA NO.708244" EMBOSSED INTO TOP. LEATHER STITCHING ON CAMERA COVER FLAP IS LOOSE ON ONE SIDE. CAMERA HAS 50MM OBJECTIVE LENS "NO.252537". .2) INSTRUCTION BOOKLET. 17.8CM X 9.6CM PAPER BOOKLET HAS LIGHT BLUE HIGHLIGHT AND "CANON POPULAIRE" AS TITLE WHICH PICTURE OF CAMERA ON FRONT. "P" IN TOP RIGHT CORNER.
Subjects
PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
Historical Association
LEISURE
History
CAMERA BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO WAS AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILM-MAKER IN HIS SPARE TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS WHICH HE USED. REV. NAKAYAMA, AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041155
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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