My amazing Craigslist Speed Graphic find (sorry, pic heavy)

[Jonathan Barlow]

We are just stewards of these old cameras, using and careing for them until we pass them on to someone else.

Or in this case, NOT using them for fifty years and then passing them on to someone else. I always find vintage box designs especially interesting.

[Farside]

Nice bit of kit, indeed.
I've come across ex-college /government cameras where one was put aside and simply never used. Kept as a spare or for dept head's use and then forgotten about, more than likely.
Your tax dollars/pounds/euros at work.