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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXPANDABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0334.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RENWICK
- MODEL
- PRESTO
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER BRIEFCASE WITH BRASS FITTINGS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 44.5 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 32.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RENWICK
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS BRIEFCASE NOT USED AFTER 1992.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OF STATE, RELIGIOUSLEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA. - Function
-
USED TO CARRY SMALL PERSONAL ITEMS, PARTICULARY OF A BUSINESS NATURE. THIS BRIEFCASE USED TO CARRY SMALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ACCESSORIES. - Technical
-
COMMON BRIEFCASE, USED BY KARSH TO CARRY SMALL ITEMS WHICH HE CONSIDERED TOO VALUABLE TO PACK AND SHIP COMMERCIALLY. SEVERAL LENSES, HIS FAVORITE CABLE RELEASE, FLASH CABLES, AND A SMALL TOOL KIT WERE AMONG THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS BRIEFCASE AT THE TIME OF IT'S DONATION TO NMST. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "[logo]/ RENWICK/ MADE IN CANADA/ BOUVILLON MANITOBA STEER" stamped into leather flap on top front edge of briefcase. "PRESTO" incised on clasp plate, below cypher lock mechanism. "2356/ PRESTOLOCK [registered trademark symbol]/ U.S. PAT. 4,100,775/ FOR. PATS. PEND. " incised on clasp housing. Bears "Eastern [Airlines] Ionosphere Club" and "British Airways Cabin Baggage/ Concorde" tags."KARSH" written by hand on both sides of British Airways tag. "MR YOUSUF KARSH/ LITTLE WINGS BOX 1931/ PRESCOTT 16/ OTTAWA ON CANADA" mechanically printed on Ionosphere tag.
- Missing
- NONE. From CA of 06/16/1999 by Gordon Perrault: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK BRIEFCASE HAS FINELY GRAINED FINISH; BRIGHT GOLDTONE METAL CLASP AND FITTINGS ON HANDLE & BASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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RENWICK, Briefcase, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0334, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0334.001/
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