CAMERA, BOX
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ENSIGN
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19990057003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ENSIGN
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 9.8
- Length
- 17.1
- Width
- 15.7
- Description
- BROWN, RECTANGULAR. FRONT PANEL OF CAMERA IS COMING LOOSE AT TWO CORNERS. ON FRONT PANEL IS A ROUND LENS. A BLACK PIECE OF WIRE, BENT INTO A RECTANGULAR SHAPE, IS ATTACHED TO A HINGE ABOVE LENS. TO THE SIDE THERE ARE TWO SMALL HOLES, THAT REVEAL CLEAR GLASS BEHIND THEM. ON TOP OF CAMERA ARE THREE PIECES OF SILVER, METAL HARDWARE. ONE IS AN ELONGATED PIECE, THAT HAS TWO PIECES THAT MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND ONE THAT GOES UP AND DOWN. ANOTHER PIECE OF HARDWARE IS ROUND, WITH AN ARROW ETCHED INTO IT, AND HAS A HORIZONTAL BAR ON TOP THAT TURNS. THE THIRD PIECE OF HARDWARE IS A CIRCLE, WITH A HANDLE AND A SLOT, THAT HOLDS BACK OF CAMERA ON. THERE IS ALSO A SQUARE HOLE IN TOP THAT REVEALS GLASS. BACK PANEL OF CAMERA COMES OFF. INSIDE THIS PIECE IS AN ORANGE STICKER THAT READS " "ENSIGN-SPEEDY" ROLL FILM.". THERE IS A HOLE IN BACK PANEL. CAMERA ALSO HAS A HANDLE ON ONE SIDE, AND A PIECE OF TAPE ALONG BOTTOM EDGE.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS, WILFRED AND JENNIE REED. ITEMS FOUND WHILE THEY WERE CLEANING OUT HOUSE TO BE SOLD. THE TWO LIVED IN BARONS AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED, AND FARMED THERE. SEE P19990057001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990057003
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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