CAMERA
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BROWNIE STARFLASH CAMERA
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BAKELITE, ALUMINUM, PLASTIC, NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041254
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BROWNIE STARFLASH CAMERA
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BAKELITE, ALUMINUM, PLASTIC, NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 12.5
- Length
- 8.5
- Width
- 6
- Description
- RECTANGULAR UPRIGHT CAMERA HAS BLACK BAKELITE BODY, CIRCULAR REFLECTIVE FLASH ON TOP AND ALUMINUM COVER ON FRONT WHICH READS "BROWNIE STARFLASH CAMERA". CAMERA HAS BLACK NYLON CARRYING STRAP. FLASH DOME IS CRACKED.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- CAMERA BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO WAS AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER IN HIS SPARE TIME. THIS CAMERA WAS GIVEN TO HIM IN 1949 TO TAKE ON HIS FIRST TRIP TO JAPAN. 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
- P19970041254
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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