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- OBJECT TYPE
- hard bodied/backpack
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- home built
- LOCATION
- Chelsea, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- backpack; camera eq. carrying case
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Plywood box painted brown; fitted with metal handles, latches, and minor hardware. Drab green fibre [probably canvas] webbing shoulder harness. Painted stencilled text and adhesive labels applied to box. Red-brown [rubber or silicone ?] seal applied to underside of lid.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 51.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Buck
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Chelsea
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s. - Function
-
Used to securely store items during transport. Specifically, used to transport one Beaulieu camera, Angenieux zoom lens, 200-foot film magazine and battery. Fitted with a webbing shoulder harness for back packing. - Technical
-
The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. Constructed of plywood by Ken Buck, this box held one Beaulieu camera, Angenieux zoom lens, 200-foot film magazine and battery. Fitted with a webbing shoulder harness for back packing. [Ref. 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "FRAGILE" stencilled in bright red-orange paint on 4 sides of case. "FRAGILE", "7248/ Eastman EXR/ Color Negative Film", "SURETÉ DU QUÉBEC" adhesive labels applied to case top. " 7247- 200 CAM- 100 + 2- 100 + 100 + 30 + 100/ 7242- 200 + 200 + 100" printed by hand in blue ink on masking tape label on lid. NB: Paper tag "AIR CANADA [logo]/ LIMITED RELEASE" removed from case, for storage in Supp. Info. file.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Plywood box painted brown; fitted with metal handles, latches, and minor hardware. Drab green fibre [probably canvas ] webbing shoulder harness. Painted stencilled text and adhesive labels applied to box. Red-brown [rubber or silicone ?] seal applied to underside of lid.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, circa 1975, Artifact no. 2010.0200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0200.001/
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