Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2006.038.003 |
Object Name |
Holder, Film |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Made |
Folmer Graflex Corp. |
Place of Origin |
United States of America |
Description |
5x7 EASTKO FILM HOLDER (wooden-framed). "MADE IN U.S.A. BY FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. FOR EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY". Black finish. Impressed lettering on the frame. Has an intentional taupe-coloured paint splotch mark near a corner. Likely has celluloid acetate for its sliding panels. 2 small pivoting prongs hold it in place. Two grips. |
Makers mark |
Impressed lettering: 5x7 EASTKO FILM HOLDER "MADE IN U.S.A. BY FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. FOR EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY" |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corp. in the United States. Dates unknown. Item was kept with a camera that belonged to Victor Nelson Miller, a machinist who owned Miller's Garage on RR#4, Owen Sound, Grey County. He became a photographer in the Owen Sound, Grey County area. A letter received in August of 2006 from the item's last owner, Victor Pettigrew of Owen Sound, Grey County, reads: "My grandfather was Victor Nelson Miller who originated "Miller's Garage" in 1916. What started out as a hobby grew into more than he wanted in the photography work. He did all the work for Black Clawson-Kennedy (Kennedy's) numerous propeller pictures, photography for the police (crime scenes, accidents, etc.), drug stores, and for the old law firm MacAvoy, Craig & McKerroll. My father was able to run the garage and left him to his hobby. He learned photography from Eastman-Kodak (Rochester, New York) when he was 14 years old." |
Collection |
Photography Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Celluloid acetate(?) |
Dimensions |
W-15 L-23 D-1.2 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Miller, Victor Nelson |
Subjects |
Photographic apparatus & supplies Photography |
Search Terms |
Black Clawson-Kennedy William Kennedy & Sons Limited |