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Mystery object from the past

            This object has been a puzzle for more than two years, lol!  This photo was taken by my friend, Eric Brown, who lives in England and knew my Brother.  He and his wife, Anne, were two of the friends who went through my Brother's house in such meticulous detail after John died, saving everything of interest and importance, including a huge amount of paper documents and photos.  When they had completed this enormous task, they made sure that everything was packed carefully in 12 boxes and shipped over to me here in Calgary.  This object, actually, is not something I asked to be sent, even though I found it fascinating.  It is quite large and probably heavy - it looks like it was photographed on an ottoman/stool.  Since then, Eric has been searching for an answer to "What is it?", but has not yet been able to solve the mystery.  We are hoping that someone might just know or be able to make a suggestion.  A long-time friend of Eric's did tell him what he thought it was used for, but I won't add that till later.
   

Taken on: October 22, 2011

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Birmingham

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Photo taken by Eric Brown

object

wood

metal

old

large

mystery

unidentified

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Sets appears in: • Family 'treasures' • Odds & ends

Groups appears in: • Calgary • The Calgary Digital Camera Club more » • Webshots Community « less

Camera: Sony DSC-W5, f/2.8, 1/13 sec, 7.9mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-W5
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	7.9mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Windows
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