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- Date
- 1926 – 1933
- Material
- metal, leather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1031
- Description
- Kodak box camera, cartridge Hawk-eye; leatherette covered cardboard body; viewfinder, lens opening on front; film advance crank with body locking clip; leatherette handle with another bodylocking clip on top portion; amber film frame observation window.
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1926 – 1933
- Material
- metal, leather
- Dimensions
- 14.6 x 11.3 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- Kodak box camera, cartridge Hawk-eye; leatherette covered cardboard body; viewfinder, lens opening on front; film advance crank with body locking clip; leatherette handle with another bodylocking clip on top portion; amber film frame observation window.
- Subject
- photography
- George Shandruk
- Credit
- Gift of George Shandruk, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1031
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- Date
- 1885 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1010 a,b
- Description
- “Premo D” folding camera (4”x5” format) with a leather covered wooden frame. The camera has a leather handle centred on the top and held in place with brass keepers. The hinged front of the camera opens to lie flat and has a brass track (3.2 cm wide) running down the centre. The red leather bell…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1885 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 14.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- “Premo D” folding camera (4”x5” format) with a leather covered wooden frame. The camera has a leather handle centred on the top and held in place with brass keepers. The hinged front of the camera opens to lie flat and has a brass track (3.2 cm wide) running down the centre. The red leather bellows extend along the track and end with a wooden frame that holds a lens (missing) and a viewfinder. The camera also has hinged doors on the right side and on the back.b) Film plate holder loaded in the camera’s side chamber.
- Subject
- households
- photography
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1010 a,b
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- Date
- c. 1930
- Material
- paper; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0246
- Description
- A small black plastic camera, Univex Model A, in its original box with information sheet. The box is bright orange with black text and stripes along the box. Front of the box has an illustration of the camera in the top middle, with text surrounding that reads “UNIVEX PICTURES MAKE” “BEAUTIFUL ENLA…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- c. 1930
- Material
- paper; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 9.1 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A small black plastic camera, Univex Model A, in its original box with information sheet. The box is bright orange with black text and stripes along the box. Front of the box has an illustration of the camera in the top middle, with text surrounding that reads “UNIVEX PICTURES MAKE” “BEAUTIFUL ENLARGEMENTS”. Underneath the illustration in cursive text “Univex” and in regular text “A JEWEL OF A CAMERA” and in the bottom black stripe, “UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION” “MADE IN U.S.A.” “NEW YORK, N.Y.”. This is the same on the opposite side. Along the shorter side is more text “MODEL A” “Univex” “CAMERA”, a stamp that reads “UNIVERSAL CAMERA COMPANY HERMANT BLOG. TORONTO, — CANADA”, and “MADE IN U.S.A.” The top and bottom of the box just read “MODEL A” “Univex” “CAMERA”. Inside the box is a small information sheet with pricing of rolls for the camera, printing and developing. The camera is small with a long square lens, a metal wire range finder that lines up with the smaller range finder attached to the side of the camera. The shutter is one the side of the lens, fairly small. There is a metal knob to wind the film. The back of the camera features raised text, “Univex” “USE UNIVEX No 00 FILM ROLLS ONLY” in a square, a red circle with “MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, “MODEL A CAMERA U.S. PAT. DES. 89.88 OTHER U.S. AND FOR’G’N PATSPOG” in a square, and “UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.”. The inside of the camera has a spot for film.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0246
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Camera Accessories
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, glass, paper, leather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1003 a
- Description
- 2 cigar boxes containing miscellaneous camera accessories:box a: 21.9x6.6x13.5; "Daily Double" label; contents: 3 orange boxes; "AllAmerican optical glass Filters; black box "Saymon-Brown direct reading exp.meter"; viewfinder-like apparatus with f-stop/shutter speed index; mountingbracket on bottom…
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- Title
- Camera Accessories
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, glass, paper, leather
- Description
- 2 cigar boxes containing miscellaneous camera accessories:box a: 21.9x6.6x13.5; "Daily Double" label; contents: 3 orange boxes; "AllAmerican optical glass Filters; black box "Saymon-Brown direct reading exp.meter"; viewfinder-like apparatus with f-stop/shutter speed index; mountingbracket on bottom; leather case, intitals: "E.K." on foldover cover; blue box"UCLA Camera Corp." contains 6 unwrapped rolls of film, 3 rolls of film, 3empty spools; orange metal container "Univex" 8 mm film, developed; 3 portraitattachments in own containers; "Wirgin" exposure meter in leather case; 1 rollverichrome film in open box; "UCLA" miniature camera in leather bag with 2rolls film; glass discs; folded sheets with directions for "Univex" camera.
- Subject
- photography
- Dr Kennedy
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Kennedy, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1003 a
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Camera Accessories
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass, metal, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1061 a-r
- Description
- Darkroom safe light bulb; film containers; exposure guides; "Bay" box with five safe light bulbs: 2 red, 1 pink, 1 blue, 1 green, all wrapped in tissue; 5 film containers; 2 exposure guides; "Kodak" laminated plastic-paper scale of distance in feet matching with rotating disc with shutter speeds; "…
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- Title
- Camera Accessories
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass, metal, plastic
- Description
- Darkroom safe light bulb; film containers; exposure guides; "Bay" box with five safe light bulbs: 2 red, 1 pink, 1 blue, 1 green, all wrapped in tissue; 5 film containers; 2 exposure guides; "Kodak" laminated plastic-paper scale of distance in feet matching with rotating disc with shutter speeds; "Ansco" guide made of plastic with scale of lamp distance from subject; thin booklet of "Photo Lamp & Lighting Data"; 1 cable release, red wool strand tied around cable area; tripod mounting screw, 3/16 inch in analloy disc, beveling on one side of disc to accommodate beveling of screw;cable release connector.a) Red bulbb) Red bulbc) Pink bulbd) Blue bulbe) Green bulbf) Film containerg) Film containerh) Film containeri) Film containerj) Film containerk) Exposure guidel) Exposure guidem) Photolamp and Lighting bookletn) Cableo) tripod mounting screwp) Screwq) Cable release connectorr) Bay box
- Subject
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1061 a-r
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- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0087
- Description
- Burgundy leather hard-sided travel case for Leica camera accessories. The case looks like a standard briefcase, with leather caps on the corners and two locking clasps, one on either side of the handle, which is still wrapped in paper. Throughout the exterior are black and silver metal studs either…
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; wood; paper
- Dimensions
- 10.6 x 26.2 x 41.5 cm
- Description
- Burgundy leather hard-sided travel case for Leica camera accessories. The case looks like a standard briefcase, with leather caps on the corners and two locking clasps, one on either side of the handle, which is still wrapped in paper. Throughout the exterior are black and silver metal studs either holding the corner protectors in place or the interior dividing compartments. The interior of the lid is lined with red and white plaid paper and the main body of the case is lined with thin pale wood. Throughout the interior are wooden pieces meant to separate accessories, some of the pieces are covered with burgundy velvet. There is a small metal ring with two keys for the latches’ locks hanging from the handle.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0087
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- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; metal; fabric; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0088
- Description
- A travel case made from some hard light-weight black material (possibly metal) with a hinged lid that closes with metal latches on either side of a latched lock. Metal brackets on all of the corners and reinforcing along all edges - wooden runners along the bottom of the case horizontally. There is…
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; metal; fabric; paper
- Dimensions
- 36.2 x 34.4 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A travel case made from some hard light-weight black material (possibly metal) with a hinged lid that closes with metal latches on either side of a latched lock. Metal brackets on all of the corners and reinforcing along all edges - wooden runners along the bottom of the case horizontally. There is a leather strap that clips into loops on the short sides of the box as well as a leather travel tag. Attached to the leather strap is a yellow Canadian Pacific Railway travel tag with a piece of string. Throughout the exterior are various travel labels, mostly torn. On the lid is a white rectangular “Canadian Pacific” label that reads “Nicholas Morant, Special Photographer Canadian Pacific Ltd. care CP Transport” in typed text and “Banff Alta” written in black ink above a scratched out typed “Victoria, B.C.” Also on the lid is a piece of masking tape with “LEICA & FILM & ACCESSORIES” written in blue ink possibly by Nick Morant. The interior is lined with beige fabric and both the main body and the interior of the lid are divided into two equal compartments. In one of the body compartments are wooden slats that most likely sit on supports inside each part to create additional compartments at the bottom of the case, but they are not in place. The compartments in the lid are held closed with small pieces of leather that snap onto the front panels which hinge down on strips of brown fabric tape. Inside the case and lid compartments are a Leica camera and various accessories,
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0088
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Camera Lens Case
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- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; metal; plastic; foam; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0083 a-c
- Description
- Black hard leather carry case with silver corner protectors and tarnished silver buckles and lock. The exterior of the case has remnants of shipping labels (and possibly other stickers) as well as painted red squares (approx. 7.5x6.5 cm) throughout the front and side panels - remnants of some large…
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- Title
- Camera Lens Case
- Date
- 1920 – 1999
- Material
- leather; metal; plastic; foam; fabric
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 35.8 x 62.8 cm
- Description
- Black hard leather carry case with silver corner protectors and tarnished silver buckles and lock. The exterior of the case has remnants of shipping labels (and possibly other stickers) as well as painted red squares (approx. 7.5x6.5 cm) throughout the front and side panels - remnants of some large red label remains on the lid. The side opposite the handle has 2 (two) parallel pieces of wood nailed on horizontally. The handle is wrapped entirely in black electrical tape, leaving the metal hoops exposed - hanging from both metal hoops are the strings and tops of various “CP Rail” shipping tags, as well as a large tag reading “MORANT COLLECTION J-8 ‘Long Takumar Lens for 6x7 work, 600 mm’ 1 of 2” written on it in black ink and attached with a plastic loop.The interior of the case is lined with black paper and contains several pieces of thick white foam along the sides and bottom. Also inside the case is a dual-sided weight that looks homemade, possibly filled with sand, as well as a purple Crown Royal bag containing several small pieces of photography equipment and tools. A manufacturer label inside the lid reads “G.R. TAYLOR LTD. TRUNKS AND SAMPLE CASES WINNIPEG” - no information about the manufacturer found online.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0083 a-c
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- Date
- 1883 – 1926
- Material
- cardboard; metal; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0129 a,b
- Description
- Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s be…
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- Title
- Camera Lenses
- Date
- 1883 – 1926
- Material
- cardboard; metal; glass;
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 7.8 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s before expanding into camera lenses and microscopes/telescopes towards the turn of the century. The company was founded in Rochester NY.The smaller lens was manufactured by Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., a merged company between Gundlach Optical Co. and Manhattan Optical Co. that took place in 1902, which produced various kinds of bellows cameras. Both companies were based in Rochester NY prior to merging.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0129 a,b
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Camera Viewfinder
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0217
- Description
- Silver metal folding Leitz 2.8cm view finder attachment in original red cardboard box - the box has a hinged lid and the product details printed on the front in gold.
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- Title
- Camera Viewfinder
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Silver metal folding Leitz 2.8cm view finder attachment in original red cardboard box - the box has a hinged lid and the product details printed on the front in gold.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0217
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1088
- Description
- Small white china plate with a scalloped edge and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plate has green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
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- Title
- Candy Dish
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Small white china plate with a scalloped edge and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plate has green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1088
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin; glass; fibre; paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1091 a-d
- Description
- Graflex cut film magazine 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 (a), marked “GRAFLEX CUT FILM MAGAZINE. PAT. SEPT. 7, 1920. OTHER PATENTS PENDING. MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. FOLMER & SCHWING DEPT. ROCHESTER, N.Y., in original labeled cardboard box. “GRAFLEX FILM PACK ADAPTER 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, Manufactured by THE FOL…
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- Title
- Cut-Film Holder
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin; glass; fibre; paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 12.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Graflex cut film magazine 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 (a), marked “GRAFLEX CUT FILM MAGAZINE. PAT. SEPT. 7, 1920. OTHER PATENTS PENDING. MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. FOLMER & SCHWING DEPT. ROCHESTER, N.Y., in original labeled cardboard box. “GRAFLEX FILM PACK ADAPTER 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, Manufactured by THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP., ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.” (b) in original black cardboard box with orange printed label. Two plate holders (c,d) marked “3 1/4 x 4 1/4 GRAFLEX PLATE PAT. JUNE 7, 1927. FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. U.S.A.” in original labeled cardboard boxes.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1091 a-d
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Cut-Film Holder
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1104
- Description
- Metal box with opening compartments and leather carrying handle marked “45”. “Pat. May 31. 87. Aug. 3. 90” stamped on top. Spring loaded film changing apparatus inside.
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- Title
- Cut-Film Holder
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Metal box with opening compartments and leather carrying handle marked “45”. “Pat. May 31. 87. Aug. 3. 90” stamped on top. Spring loaded film changing apparatus inside.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1104
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Developer Liquid Measure
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- Date
- 1925
- Material
- enamel; paper; adhesive
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1159
- Description
- A white enamel 64 ounce cylindrical measuring jug with black trim and black handle. The scale is located on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The front of the measuring jug has a worn oval-shaped sticker. A single blu…
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- Title
- Developer Liquid Measure
- Date
- 1925
- Material
- enamel; paper; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 21.0 x 12.8 cm
- Description
- A white enamel 64 ounce cylindrical measuring jug with black trim and black handle. The scale is located on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The front of the measuring jug has a worn oval-shaped sticker. A single blue line forms a border that separates the inside of the circle from the outside; the inside of the circle has the company name “FISHER” while the outside has the information “FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. LTD” “MONTREAL CANADA.”
- Subject
- dark room
- photography
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1159
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Developer Liquid Measure
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- Date
- 1925
- Material
- enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1160
- Description
- A white enamel 64 ounce cylindrical measuring jug with black trim and black handle. The scale is located on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The front of the measuring jug has a worn oval-shaped sticker. A single blu…
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- Title
- Developer Liquid Measure
- Date
- 1925
- Material
- enamel
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 24.5 x 15.2 cm
- Description
- A white enamel 64 ounce cylindrical measuring jug with black trim and black handle. The scale is located on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The front of the measuring jug has a worn oval-shaped sticker. A single blue line forms a border that separates the inside of the circle from the outside; the inside of the circle has the company name “FISHER” while the outside has the information “FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. LTD” “MONTREAL CANADA.”
- Subject
- dark room
- photography
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1160
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Developer Liquid Measure
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- Date
- 1874
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1161
- Description
- A metal 24 ounce measuring jug with handle. The measuring jug has a slight lip for easy pouring. The scale has been inscribed on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The scale representing ounces begins at 2 ounces and i…
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- Title
- Developer Liquid Measure
- Date
- 1874
- Description
- A metal 24 ounce measuring jug with handle. The measuring jug has a slight lip for easy pouring. The scale has been inscribed on the inside of the measuring jug and contains both ounces and cubic centimeters or milliliters symbolized by “c.c.” The scale representing ounces begins at 2 ounces and increases in 2 ounce increments to 24 ounces. The cubic centimeter scale begins at 100 c.c. and increases in increments of 100 c.c. to 700 c.c. and then by 50 c.c. more to 750. The bottom of the measuring jug has an inscription that reads: “Vollrath” in cursive writing followed by “STAINLESS STEEL WARE” “8324” all in upper case letters. Vollrath is a manufacturer of stainless steel and aluminum parts and products for food service and custom uses.
- Subject
- dark room
- photography
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1161
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1104
- Description
- Small white china plate with a scalloped edge and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plate has green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
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- Title
- Dish
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Small white china plate with a scalloped edge and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plate has green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1104
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- cardboard; paper; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0220
- Description
- Box of one dozen Thin Crystal Dry Plates for a Pocket Kodak camera. The box’s seal has been broken - inside are alternating layers of thin black paper and the glass plates, which are fogged.Dry plate, or the gelatin process, was invented by Dr. Richard L. Maddox in 1871 and replaced the more time-c…
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- Title
- Dry Plates
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- cardboard; paper; glass;
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 6.0 x 5.1 cm
- Description
- Box of one dozen Thin Crystal Dry Plates for a Pocket Kodak camera. The box’s seal has been broken - inside are alternating layers of thin black paper and the glass plates, which are fogged.Dry plate, or the gelatin process, was invented by Dr. Richard L. Maddox in 1871 and replaced the more time-consuming wet plate, or collodion process, which required active wet chemicals to be prepared in mobile dark rooms. The dry plate process underwent several adaptations throughout the 1870s and, in 1879, George Eastman developed a method of applying the emulsion layer to glass in a factory setting, simultaneously creating what came to be known as the Eastman Kodak Co. and bringing down the cost of photography so as to be accessible to the masses.
- Subject
- photography
- photographic equipment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0220
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- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0170
- Description
- Black and silver metal Leitz negative enlarger mounted on a wooden base. The enlarger consists of an almost round light housing with the power cord coming out from the top - immediately below the globe is a series of plates containing the various filters and lenses, as well as the mounting gear tha…
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- Title
- Enlarger
- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 95.8 x 41.7 x 51.9 cm
- Description
- Black and silver metal Leitz negative enlarger mounted on a wooden base. The enlarger consists of an almost round light housing with the power cord coming out from the top - immediately below the globe is a series of plates containing the various filters and lenses, as well as the mounting gear that attaches the enlarger to the silver metal stand. The enlarger is attached to the stand with adjustable arms and a spring that can be released with a small lever so that the device can be moved closer to or further away from the wooden base.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0170
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Exposure Meter
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- Date
- 1888
- Material
- metal; paint; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1118
- Description
- Hand held exposure/light meter made by Weston Electrical Instrument Company in a grey metal finish. Along both sides of the meter are a series of protruding lines that allow one to safely grip the object. At the bottom of the artifact there is a metal hook, which would have allowed a string to be a…
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- Title
- Exposure Meter
- Date
- 1888
- Material
- metal; paint; plastic
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 6.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Hand held exposure/light meter made by Weston Electrical Instrument Company in a grey metal finish. Along both sides of the meter are a series of protruding lines that allow one to safely grip the object. At the bottom of the artifact there is a metal hook, which would have allowed a string to be attached like on the other Weston meter’s owned by Nicholas. There is also no longer a case to protect this particular object. In the top of the exposure meter there is a clear plastic covering. Along the very top there us the name of the manufacturer in white cursive lettering that reads “Weston Master II” and written underneath in capital letters “UNIVERSAL EXPOSURE METER.” Below this is the light scale where the value of the scene would be indicated. The scale contains the values “0” “25” “50” “100” “200” “400” “800” “1600,” which means that the two values on this instrument are calibrated 0-50 and 0-1600. (candles per square foot.)Below there is a circular face with several figures and a dial that turns/rotates. The outside row of figures on the exposure control dial represents the light value settings and corresponds to the light values on the light scale. Below the round dial there is a tiny circular button that is used to set the exposure control dial for film speed. As the dial turns it reveals the “EMULSION SPEED” with a red baize finish that has become worn throughout its life. The row of figures at the bottom of the top dial is the f/stop values and has an “f” to make this more apparent for the user. The row of figures directly below the f/stop settings are the shutter speeds. After setting the exposure control dial to the light value obtained on the light scale, any of the combinations of f/stop and shutter speed directly opposite each other are correct. On the rear of the meter there is a black plastic covering that contains several circular cut outs that are called a hir.ged baffle. This can be swung open (against the case) using the gold latch, which clips into a tiny hole or socket when the user wishes it to be closed. When opened the light sensitive photo cell is directly beneath this baffle and contains several protruding circles. When the baffle is open, the scale range is 0-50; when the baffle is closed, the scale range is 0-1600. Below there is an oval shaped face with extensive information that is held in place with two small screws on both the viewer left and right side. There is silver lettering on a black background that reads “WESTON ELEC. INST. CORP.” “NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.” A silver backing separates the patent information and has black writing that reads “MODEL 735” on the viewer left side. On the viewer right side the number “7454510” is engraved. In the middle there is a gold-coloured screw with the words “ZERO CORRECTOR” written in black. Below this there is the patent information; “U.S. PATENTS” “2,274,441” “2,073,790” “2,346,555” “2,137,466” “2,463,770.” Below these numbers are the “FOREIGN PATENTS” “FRENCH 862,770” “BRITISH 531,996” “CAN. 347,085” “CAN. 411,975” At the very bottom underneath there is the manufacturer’s location; “MADE IN U.S.A.”
- Subject
- photography
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1118
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