Title: “8mm Film Projector.” Charles Campbell Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 2021.2.1.1.1. Circa 1930s.
By Jeffery Chong
BURNABY — This item is a Keystone 8mm film projector, model R-8, with serial number 491996, dating circa the 1930s. The projector comes in a brown-painted aluminum carrying case.
Inside the case is a spare projector bulb and two empty film reels, one of which is warped and attached to the projector. The bottom of the case is lined with newspaper, likely for padding. The newspaper is the Vancouver Sun, dated March 5, 1954.
Associated correspondence with the donation indicates that the projector was sold to Charles Campbell by a Japanese Canadian man, shortly before he was dispossessed and interned, likely in late 1941 or early 1942. Charles Campbell at the time was working at a spring manufacturer, Dendoff Springs, on 2nd Avenue near Cambie Street in Vancouver when the Japanese Canadian man had entered the shop to sell some of his possessions. The Japanese Canadian man is unknown.
If you have any information about the projector or stories to share, please contact Lisa Uyeda at luyeda@nikkeiplace.org.
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