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Date
1898 – 1924
Material
tin; metal; paper;
Catalogue Number
105.03.0036
Description
Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufact…
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Title
Gramophone Needles
Date
1898 – 1924
Material
tin; metal; paper;
Dimensions
1.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Description
Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufacturer details printed on the bottom of the box, as well as the instruction to only use each needle once. Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. is the Canadian branch of the of German-based company Deutsche Grammophon, founded by gramophone inventor Emile Berliner and his brother Joseph in Montreal in 1898. Over the next 10 years, Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. would record and press records, as well as distribute various kinds of gramophones, in Montreal until it was sold in 1924 to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
Subject
music
music equipment
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
105.03.0036
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Date
1896 – 1940
Material
leather; fabric; velvet; glass;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0183
Description
Black hard-sided leather box with a hinged lid held closed with a small silver clasp. The inside of the lid is lined with purple satin and has the manufacturer’s details printed in gold. The interior of the main body is lined with purple velvet and divided into three compartments that house three l…
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Title
Lens Case
Date
1896 – 1940
Material
leather; fabric; velvet; glass;
Dimensions
9.0 x 13.9 x 20.2 cm
Description
Black hard-sided leather box with a hinged lid held closed with a small silver clasp. The inside of the lid is lined with purple satin and has the manufacturer’s details printed in gold. The interior of the main body is lined with purple velvet and divided into three compartments that house three lenses and an extra lens hood - all for Meyer Optik Görlitz cameras.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
camera equipment
camera accessories
photography;
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.41.0183
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Date
1890 – 1940
Material
leather; metal;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0186
Description
Pale brown leather back with a fold-over flap held closed with a buckle on the front of the bag and with metal loops on both short sides for a strap [missing] containing eight extra 4x5 slide magazines. Two magazines appear to be spare back pieces for the Curt Bentzin Gorlitz camera - one of which …
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Title
Slide Bag
Date
1890 – 1940
Material
leather; metal;
Dimensions
21.6 x 10.2 x 19.8 cm
Description
Pale brown leather back with a fold-over flap held closed with a buckle on the front of the bag and with metal loops on both short sides for a strap [missing] containing eight extra 4x5 slide magazines. Two magazines appear to be spare back pieces for the Curt Bentzin Gorlitz camera - one of which has a fold-out view finder.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
travel
camera equipment
photography;
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.41.0186
Images
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