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- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass pla…
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 24.0 x 42.3 cm
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass plate set into wooden frame slides into slot at back of camera. (b) a separate plateholder of the same size has hinged door on back of frame which opens to insert black metal film sheath (Eastman Kodak), and front of frame slides out by pulling on metal ring at top to expose film. Note: wood cracking and separated at joints, chipped at lower front corners with large chunk of wood out of lower right, plateholder cracked across door and on one side of top.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- photography
- J.D. Curren
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
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Contact-Printing Frame
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.1006%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- glass; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two small wood frames with glass and metal pressure holders at the back.
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- Title
- Contact-Printing Frame
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- glass; metal; wood
- Description
- Two small wood frames with glass and metal pressure holders at the back.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1006 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1024 a-c
- Description
- Large Kodak Autographic camera (a) with a leather carrying case (b) and operation manual (c).
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass; skin; metal
- Description
- Large Kodak Autographic camera (a) with a leather carrying case (b) and operation manual (c).
- Subject
- households
- photography
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of J. H. Doughty-Davies, Victoria, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1024 a-c
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Photograph Album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0082
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- shell; paper; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0082
- Description
- A walnut shell tied together with red ribbon, and large cardboard tag attached. Ribbon passes through two holes on one side of shell to form hinge, across inside of shell to other side where it ties closed through holes. A series of photographs cut to fit inside shell are folded in an accordion str…
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- Title
- Photograph Album
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- shell; paper; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.4 x 3.9 cm
- Description
- A walnut shell tied together with red ribbon, and large cardboard tag attached. Ribbon passes through two holes on one side of shell to form hinge, across inside of shell to other side where it ties closed through holes. A series of photographs cut to fit inside shell are folded in an accordion strip into shell with one end pasted to red ribbon passing through, photographs are all identified landmarks in Annapolis Royal, N.S. Large rectangular card tag attached to ribbon on hinged side of shell.Marks: handwritten on one side of tag, "Compliments of the Seasons A. Maybe ? " with a place noted for a one cent stamp. On the other side printed, "Annapolis Royal, N.S. ..in a.. nut shell Mfg. for Atlee's Drug and Stationery Store KK Dennison's quality".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0082
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