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Auto Transformer
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0110
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with rubber knobs on the bottom to keep it off of tabletops, a 0-100 dial, pale yellow circular button, and red light on the top, and four different plugs across the two short sides - one side has one and the other has three. There is a circular hole in the bottom that allows …
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- Title
- Auto Transformer
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 15.1 x 12.6 cm
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with rubber knobs on the bottom to keep it off of tabletops, a 0-100 dial, pale yellow circular button, and red light on the top, and four different plugs across the two short sides - one side has one and the other has three. There is a circular hole in the bottom that allows some limited access to the interior, possibly a vent. Variable Autotransformers are used to control electrical voltage, power, and current so as to provide a safe and steady electrical feed to a device.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0110
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Camera Bellows
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
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- Title
- Camera Bellows
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 15.3 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- leather; glass; metal; fabric; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0106 a-e
- Description
- Black box with a hinged lid held closed by two snaps on leather tabs and lined with blue velvet. The interior of the box is divided into three compartments. Contents of the box include an unopened cardboard box of Kodak Color Film - a piece of tape adhered to the bottom of the box has “SPARE HEAT A…
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- Title
- Camera Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- leather; glass; metal; fabric; paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 22.8 x 38.1 cm
- Description
- Black box with a hinged lid held closed by two snaps on leather tabs and lined with blue velvet. The interior of the box is divided into three compartments. Contents of the box include an unopened cardboard box of Kodak Color Film - a piece of tape adhered to the bottom of the box has “SPARE HEAT ABSORB GLASSES 4x5” written in black ink, probably by Morant - a winged lens insert mounted in a metal frame with a pane of glass on each side (wrapped in a length of brown fabric), a small black box lined with purple velvet that snaps shut the same way as the main box, and a “NO. 4 CONDENSER MOUNT” for 4 inch lenses.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0106 a-e
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- leather; metal; glass; plastic; fabric; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0107 a,b
- Description
- Manufacturer details for Enlarger housed within box.Black equipment box with a hinged lid held closed with leather tabs/snaps as well as an olive green fabric strap wrapped around the box. The interior of the box is lined with blue velvet and has both plain wood and covered supports and braces thro…
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- Title
- Camera Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- leather; metal; glass; plastic; fabric; wood
- Dimensions
- 24.9 x 22.5 x 42.7 cm
- Description
- Manufacturer details for Enlarger housed within box.Black equipment box with a hinged lid held closed with leather tabs/snaps as well as an olive green fabric strap wrapped around the box. The interior of the box is lined with blue velvet and has both plain wood and covered supports and braces throughout. Contents of the box consists only of a Kodak Precision Enlarger with the open metal end capped with a cardboard box.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0107 a,b
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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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- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; fabric; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0090 a-j
- Description
- Black hard-sided travel case with a hinged lid, handle, and carry strap. Metal caps on all the corners and reinforcing along all the edges. Three clasps on the lid, the centre one has a keyhole, no key. The handle on the lid may have been compressed paper or leather, but has been wrapped in black e…
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; fabric; glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 17.0 x 40.2 cm
- Description
- Black hard-sided travel case with a hinged lid, handle, and carry strap. Metal caps on all the corners and reinforcing along all the edges. Three clasps on the lid, the centre one has a keyhole, no key. The handle on the lid may have been compressed paper or leather, but has been wrapped in black electrical tape so only the original metal loops and brackets remain. The carry strap attaches to both short sides with metal clips and is made of brown leather - the strap has a buckle that is undone so the two halves hang separately at the sides. Throughout the exterior are various travel stickers and labels, mostly torn.The interior of the case is lined with black paper and the bulk of the body is comprised of a particleboard insert separated into three compartments that sits on braces near the bottom, creating a hidden compartment underneath.Contents of the box include various camera accessories and equipment, as well as a collection of manuals for various film exposures. Includes a light reflector in a white bag with blue edges, a flash mount in a handmade red bag and the flash mount’s cords in a different dark red velvet bag (also in that bag are two extended triggers), a “Rolleflex” lens in a brown leather pouch inside a purple Crown Royal bag, eight manuals in a white “Canadian National Hotels” bag, two different sized yellow filters in clear plastic cases, and in a square cardboard box are two screws, a grey cable, a square lens and a 250 mm focuser, and a lens block.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0090 a-j
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- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; paper; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0091 a-j
- Description
- Hard-sided black travel case with a hinged lid used to carry a folding Deardolff camera and its accessories. The case has metal caps on all the corners and reinforcing along all edges, there are also wooden runners along the bottom. On both short sides are metal loops attached to the box with short…
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; paper; glass
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 8.2 x 41.4 cm
- Description
- Hard-sided black travel case with a hinged lid used to carry a folding Deardolff camera and its accessories. The case has metal caps on all the corners and reinforcing along all edges, there are also wooden runners along the bottom. On both short sides are metal loops attached to the box with short leather bits that most likely were for a strap, missing. On the lid is a leather handle attached with the same metal loop-leather bit attachment - handing from those metal loops are two different travel tags with Morant’s name and title with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Various colourful travel labels and stickers are visible throughout the exterior, mostly faded and torn. The interior of the main body of the case is lined with red velvet and is divided into four compartments. One compartment has braces to hold up a small wooden box insert.The camera is a Deardorff 5x7 wooden camera that folds open to show leather bellows at least 31cm long. Also in the case are 13 separate plastic “Lisco Regal 5x7 Cut Film Holders,” a green plastic folder that may have been for a pocket calendar (“1970 DEUTSCHE ZENTRALE” is stamped in gold on the front) filled with various lens and exposures manuals, two yellow “Kodak WRATTEN FILTER” boxes - one has a red filter and the other has two pale filters - and in a wooden box is a small circular magnifying glass that folds out of a blue leather sleeve on a long black cord, a typed “PACKSACK CHECKLIST 5x7” mounted on paper in a plastic sleeve, and a small rectangular mirror in a blue plastic sleeve. There is also a narrow rectangular box with a small leather tab at the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0091 a-j
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; glass; plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0094 a-g
- Description
- Black leather hard-sided travel case with wooden runners along the bottom, brackets for a strap on both short sides, a hard leather/wooden handle on the lid (attached with metal loops), and a hinged lid with three clasps - the centre one of which has a keyhole. The exterior of the case has several …
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; glass; plastic; paper
- Dimensions
- 31.8 x 24.9 x 42.8 cm
- Description
- Black leather hard-sided travel case with wooden runners along the bottom, brackets for a strap on both short sides, a hard leather/wooden handle on the lid (attached with metal loops), and a hinged lid with three clasps - the centre one of which has a keyhole. The exterior of the case has several torn and scuffed travel labels and stickers, as well as various paper travel tags attached to the lid handle and side brackets with pieces of string. The interior of the case is divided into five separate compartments and is lined in purple velvet - the interior of the lid is also divided into two velvet-lined compartments held closed with hinged doors and leather tabs/snaps. The contents of the case have been divided into six categories:b : camera and alternate lenses. Includes a black and silver Graflex Speed camera with a lens mounted on rails that slides forward and back with soft leather bellows and a viewfinder on top and a leather handle on one side. There are also two alternate regular lenses (one in a blue cardboard box with “SCHNEIDER OPTIK KREUZNACH” embossed in silver on the lid, and the other in a red velvet bag) and an expandable bellows lens with a yellow-tinted lens. Also included is a metal gauge used to determine the camera’s F stop that mounts to the top of the camera, housed in a red box with “LEITZ Germany Entfernungsmesser ‘Fokos’” embossed in gold on the lid. c : flash accessories. Includes two shiny silver lens cones (one of which is housed in a black fabric bag), two different handles - one of which is possibly an extender - housed in separate blue corduroy bags, two bulb mounts that attach the handles to the cones/bulbs (one made of black plastic and the other of black and grey metal) housed in a leopard-print fabric bag, a collection of cords and plugs used to attach the flash to the camera (one of which is housed in a small dark blue velvet bag), and three flashbulbs - two of which are clear but different sizes and the third is blue. d : various filters. Includes a total of 18 different filters, usually yellow, as well as four alternate view finders. All lenses are housed in containers, including black and yellow plastic Kodak cases, a red metal first-aid kit tin, and brown leather pouches that snap closed. Six filters and a short black spiral cord is housed in a small black leather box with a lid that snaps closed.e : slide magazines. Two black Graflex slide magazines to hold 4x5 negatives, as well as an extra magazine back (with a leather strap and snap) in a paper sleeve.f : various manuals. Manuals for various camera equipment/camera settings, some of which were tucked into a brown leather envelope. g : miscellaneous tools. Includes a brown leather pouch that contains a small pocket mirror (in a decorative leather sleeve embossed with gold), nail clippers, and tweezers, a block of wood with a small hole in the centre and “Triple Camera Mount Accessory. Spacer for WA Lense” typed on a sticker on the side painted white, two metal hoops that are possibly also spacers (one of which is adhered to a circular piece of paper), various screws, two small screwdrivers with yellow handles, a yellow plastic pouch with five tiny screwdrivers, and a ballpoint pen.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0094 a-g
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0097
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