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Date
1967 – 1990
Material
metal; plastic; fabric
Catalogue Number
104.41.0097
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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Title
Camera Case
Date
1967 – 1990
Material
metal; plastic; fabric
Dimensions
25.5 x 23.9 x 45.5 cm
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
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0097
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Date
1960 – 1980
Material
metal; plastic; paper; glass;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0119 a-g
Description
Rectangular shiny silver metal box with a lift-off lid. Contents of the box include two glass vignettes with edges wrapped in pale brown binding tape [one has a small tab on one side], a yellow-tinted “KODAK SERIES VI ADAPTER RING” mounted in metal, a circular black plastic “CRAFTMEN’S GUILD PICTOR…
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Title
Equipment Box
Date
1960 – 1980
Material
metal; plastic; paper; glass;
Dimensions
5.1 x 11.7 x 21.0 cm
Description
Rectangular shiny silver metal box with a lift-off lid. Contents of the box include two glass vignettes with edges wrapped in pale brown binding tape [one has a small tab on one side], a yellow-tinted “KODAK SERIES VI ADAPTER RING” mounted in metal, a circular black plastic “CRAFTMEN’S GUILD PICTORAL CONTROL” fixture with a clear central hole, a thin grey cardboard Kodak box with a strip of paper adhesive tape wrapped around the box holding the lid closed that has “2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Glasses for A - Assembly Enlarger” in blue ink [most likely written by Morant], a second thin Kodak cardboard box with a paper adhesive tape on the lid that has “MASKS for PRECISION A” written in black ink [probably by Morant] that contains wax paper envelopes of coloured celluloid masks, and a paper Canadian Pacific Railway envelope that contains wax paper envelopes of coloured celluloid masks.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
photography
photograph development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0119 a-g
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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