Media Museum | School of Journalism and Communication

SJC's Media Museum

The Reader’s Digest Resource Centre is fortunate to host a number of vintage, media-related artifacts on loan from faculty members and donated to the School by past SJC community members.

Visit the posts of each item to learn more about its provenance and history, and visit them in person at the Reader’s Digest Resource Centre in Richcraft Hall!

February 13, 2023

Cine-Kodak Eight Model 60

8mm Home Movie Camera Manufacture Period: 1932 George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1888. Known today as just Kodak, the company started as an analogue photography company and... More

May 19, 2022

Nikon CoolPix 600 Digital Camera

Digital Camera Manufacture Period: 1998 CoolPix 600 with SB-E600 Flash Unit This early camera was the first digital camera purchased by the School of Journalism in 1999 for the publication... More

February 13, 2023

Rogers-Majestic Radio Corp. TV

Television/Broadcast Reciever Manufacture Period: 1950s Brand: Rogers-Majestic Model: M7550 Rogers-Majestic is a Toronto-based radio manufacturing company. Also known as Rogers Radio Tube, it was a model type tube manufacturer specializing... More

April 22, 2022

Rogers-Majestic R131 Radio

Broadcast Receiver Manufacture Date: 1956 Serial No. 281722 The R-131 is a 5-tube, superheterodyne broadcast receiver manufactured in 1956 by Canadian company Rogers-Majestic, based in Toronto and Montreal. Manufactured in... More

April 22, 2022

Bell & Howell Filmo 16mm 70DR Camera

Cinema Camera Manufacture Period: c1940s Serial No. G97247 This Bell & Howell 16mm cinema camera was once owned by Wilfrid Eggleston, OBE, a prominent journalist and director of the Carleton School of Journalism... More

May 17, 2022

Hermes Ambassador Typewriter

Electric Typewriter Manufacture Period: 1963 This typewriter was used by Allan Fotheringham from 1964 to 1984, during which he was a award winning and prominent journalist, writing for the Vancouver... More

April 22, 2022

Remington Portable No. 1 Typewriter

Mechanical Typewriter Manufacture Date: May 1922 Serial No. NX23004 This Remington Portable No.1 typewriter once belong to one of the founding faculty members of the School of Journalism, Wilfrid Eggleston, OBE. Eggleston was... More

January 17, 2023

Xybernaut Poma MA-VII

Wearable Computer Manufacture Period: 2002 The Xybernaut corporation was founded in 1990 as a computer company. However, since then they have suffered 33 consecutive quarterly losses and declared bankruptcy in... More

January 30, 2023

PHONAK EasyLink 0682

Hearing Aid Brand: PHONAK Model: EasyLink 0682 The company started as the AG für Elektroakustik in 1947 by French-Belgian investors. The first hearing aid was manufactured in 1978, which launched... More

April 22, 2022

RCA Victor Little Master IIIA Radio

Broadcast Receiver Manufacture Year: 1948/49 Serial No. 18510 The Little Master IIIA is a 5-tube, superheterodyne broadcast receiver radio manufactured in 1948-49 by Canadian company RCA Victor International, based in Montreal.... More

February 13, 2023

Emerson Model 600 Series Radio

Television/Broadcast Reciever Manufacture Period: 1949/1950 Model: 600 Series Victor Hugo Emerson created the Emerson Phonograph Co. in New York City in 1915. A few years later the company was led... More

January 12, 2023

Monarch Typewriter Model 3

Mechanical Typewriter Manufacture Date: 1939-40 Model: Model 3 The Monarch Typewriter Company was founded in 1904 by the Union Typewriter Company. The Union Typewriter Company has many subsidiaries such as... More