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Description: Dull grey travel case with shiny metal corner brackets, reinforcements along the edges, handle on the lid, and two lockable clasps. A black label underneath the handle on the lid reads “ASAHI PENTAX 6x7 TAKUMAR 1:4 f=600mm ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN.” Attached to the handle is a brown leather travel tag …

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Description: Dull grey travel case with shiny metal corner brackets, reinforcements along the edges, handle on the lid, and two lockable clasps. A black label underneath the handle on the lid reads “ASAHI PENTAX 6x7 TAKUMAR 1:4 f=600mm ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN.” Attached to the handle is a brown leather travel tag with a clear plastic window - visible through the window is a white card that reads “N Morant Special Photographer Public Relations and Advertising Canadian Pacific Banff, Alberta.”The interior of the case is lined with red velvet and consists of different-shaped supports throughout the main body and inside the lid. Case most likely used to house Pentax camera bodies and lenses.

Subject: Nicholas Morant; photography; camera equipment; Canadian Pacific Railway

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Description: Black hard-sided travel case with silver metal brackets on the corners and, two metal clasps holding the hinged lid closed, a central slide lock [unlocked], metal loop attachments on both short sides [possibly for a carry strap], and a leather handle attached to the lid with metal loops. The exteri…

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Description: Black hard-sided travel case with silver metal brackets on the corners and, two metal clasps holding the hinged lid closed, a central slide lock [unlocked], metal loop attachments on both short sides [possibly for a carry strap], and a leather handle attached to the lid with metal loops. The exterior of the case has the remnants of several different shipping labels [mostly on the front], a piece of masking tape along the right-hand side of the lid has “PENTAX 6x7” written in blue ink, and “FRAGILE” stenciled in white along the lid. The interior is lined in blue velvet - the body of the case is divided into two compartments and there are velvet-covered spacers in the larger compartment and in the lid to keep contents from shifting. Inside the case is a fabric camera strap still in its original plastic packaging, a wood and metal handle camera attachment in its original Asahi cardboard box [the box has several strips of masking tape throughout, none of which keep it closed], an Asahi Pentax lens hood in a black leather pouch, and a screw.

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