CAMERA, FOLDING

Description: 1. CASE - ABOVE DIMENSIONS DO NOT INCLUDE STRAP. DARK BROWN, LEATHER. FLAP ON TOP FOLDS OVER, AND CLOSES IN FRONT, WITH A GOLD HEXAGONAL BUTTON. THERE IS A ROUND IMPRESSION IN FRONT OF CASE, FROM CAMERA LENS. HAS A BLACK, REMOVABLE, NYLON STRAP ATTACHED TO SIDES OF CASE. LEATHER HAS SURFACE WEAR. 2. CAMERA - RECTANGULAR, BLACK. METAL, COVERED WITH BLACK LEATHERETTE. ONE SIDE OF CAMERA HAS A LEATHERETTE HANDLE, THAT FOLDS DOWN. UNDERNEATH HANDLE IS A METAL LABEL THAT READS "MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT. JIFFY KODAK SIX-20". FRONT OF CAMERA HAS A RECTANGULAR, METAL PANEL, WITH TWO VIEWFINDERS, A ROUND LENS, AND SILVER STRIPES ON IT. A SMALL SILVER BUTTON ON TOP OF CAMERA POPS THIS PANEL OUT, ACCORDIAN STYLE. ALSO ON TOP IS A ROUND PIECE OF METAL, WITH A HANDLE, THAT TURNS. EMBOSSED ON THIS IS "USE KODAK FILM 620". BACK OF CAMERA HAS A METAL CIRCLE THAT READS "OPEN ONLY WHILE WINDING". A PIECE OF THE LEATHERETTE IS PEELING OFF BOTTOM OF CAMERA.

History: CAMERA ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, BRUCE ALGER, WHO COLLECTED AS A YOUNG MAN, IN 1930'S OR '40S. BRUCE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 76, IN 1994. BOTH DONOR AND HUSBAND HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF LETHBRIDGE SINCE THEIR MARRIAGE IN 1946. DONOR CANNOT RECOLLECT CAMERA'S SPECIFIC USE - MAY HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE MARRIAGE. HUSBAND'S OCCUPATION WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF STEEL FABRICATING PLANT.