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- Date
- prior to 1975
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0253 a-e
- Description
- A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing with two cut-film holders/double dark slides, a wollensak lens, and Kodak informational sheets. a) A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing, including three clasps with one missing the hinge and a large one in the middle wit…
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- Title
- Camera Case
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Material
- leather; wood; metal; plastic; paper
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 34.2 x 15.6 cm
- Description
- A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing with two cut-film holders/double dark slides, a wollensak lens, and Kodak informational sheets. a) A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing, including three clasps with one missing the hinge and a large one in the middle with a spot for a key to lock it. Each corner of the case features gold detailing. There is a black handle on top attached via rings. Along the shorter side are two rings, presumably to attach a longer carrying strap for the case. The interior of the case is covered in dark green velvet, with two compartments in the main body - one slightly smaller than the other, and multiple compartments in the top with coverings held by button clasps. The left side compartment is a single square and the right side has three compartments - two small squares stacked and a rectangle that features a cut-out in the covering to reveal a strip of the compartment. In the bottom of the case is a short cord photography accessory and a bent metal track for a camera(?)b & c) Two identical cut-film holders/double dark slides. They are all black film holders. The slide handles are thin metal rods in the middle of the holder. One side along the edges of the frame features stamped text which reads “3 1/4 x 4 1/4 GRAFLEX FILM S. PAT 2056144” “MADE IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC ROCHESTER, N.J.” On b) there are two stickers, one on each side, with handwriting one reads “3” and the other “B 1 W 64”. On c) there are two stickers, one on each side, with handwriting reads “5” and “B 6 W 64”. 15.4 x 10.1 x 1.3 cm d) A Wollensak 65mm Raptar Wide angle lens mounted on a black painted board. The board is square with the front having a raised layer of board and an “A” stamped into one of the corners. The inscription on the inner part of the lens reads “WOLLENSAK 65MM f/6.8 CW RAPTAR WIDE ANGLE No A553800” and aperture ring with “22” “16” “11” “8” “6.8” “f”. It comes with an orange rubber cap that reads “WOLLENSAK”. 2.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm [inside the top part of the lid on the left side] e) Two sheets of information sheets. A smaller one for “KODAK EKTACHROME FILM, Daylight Type” with information about emulsion number, speed, electronic flash, and colour balance. [13.3 x 11.8 cm] The larger folded sheet is for “KODAK PANATOMIC-X SHEET FILM” with information about exposure and development. One side is in english and the other in french. [26.7 x 23.8 cm] e)
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0253 a-e
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0258 a,b
- Description
- A pair of empty boxes, a Velox Developing Paper and a Edwards’ Isochromatic Snap Shot Plates, used to store negatives. a) A black box with yellow labels and tape around the edges. The label features lots of black text, some of the text reads “MUST BE KEPT DRY.” “TO BE OPENED ONLY IN DULL RUBY LIGHT…
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- Title
- Negatives Box
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 13.9 x 11.3 cm
- Description
- A pair of empty boxes, a Velox Developing Paper and a Edwards’ Isochromatic Snap Shot Plates, used to store negatives. a) A black box with yellow labels and tape around the edges. The label features lots of black text, some of the text reads “MUST BE KEPT DRY.” “TO BE OPENED ONLY IN DULL RUBY LIGHT.” “EDWARDS’” “TRADE XL MARK” “ISOCHROMATIC” “SNAP SHOT PLATES.” There is handwriting on the label, “George Paris” “Plates of old ????” and a scratched out note. A bit of the label wraps around one of the edges and reads “EDWARDS’” “TRADE XL MARK” “Snap Shot Iso, Plates.” with stamped numbers “8669” and “5 x 4”. On the bottom of the box is two identical red and white caution stickers, they read “CAUTION! YOU SHOULD USE NO OTHER DEVELOPERS THAN THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE ENCLOSED DIRECTIONS. LACK OF BROMIDE IN DEVELOPER GIVES GRAYISH WHITES. TOO MUCH OF IT, OR TOO WEAK OR OXIDIZED DEVELOPER WILL GIVE GREENISH OR BROWNISH LOOKING BLACKS.” There is also blue stamped text “No. 5791 - M18”. The interior of the box is golden yellow and pale cream. b) A black box with white and yellow labels. The label features lots of black text, some of the text reads “Open only in yellow or very subdued daylight.” “VELOX” “A Developing Paper.” There is handwriting on the label, “Family Negatives 1899-1905” and “George Paris” is a circle. There is another label, the yellow one, with more text and a logo for “NEPERA CHEMICAL COMPANY”, “Carbon VELOX” “MATT FOR CONTRASTY EFFECTS” “ONE GROSS” “4 x 5”. This label is featured on the opposite side of the lid. The label extends to the bottom of the box and features a warning, “CAUTION! YOU SHOULD USE NO OTHER DEVELOPERS THAN THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE ENCLOSED DIRECTIONS LACK OF BROMIDE IN DEVELOPER GIVES GRAYISH WHITES, TOO MUSH OF IT, OR TOO WEAK OR OXIDIZED DEVELOPER WILL GIVE GREENISH OR BROWNISH LOOKING BLACKS.” There is more scribbling and stamping on the bottom. Inside the box, on the interior of the lid is handwriting that is partially legible, “CPR 12” “Village 30.18” “Elk 18”. 3.0 x 13.8 x 11.2 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0258 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0259 a,b
- Description
- A pair of empty boxes, a Royal Dry Plate and Photographic Dry Plates: Hammer Dry Plate Company used to store negatives. a) A Royal Dry Plate box with a label on the lid. Along the edge of the lid is a red border, in a dark brown square white text reads “ROYAL” “COMPLETE DIRECTIONS INSIDE PACKAGE” “…
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- Title
- Dry Plates Box
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 13.8 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- A pair of empty boxes, a Royal Dry Plate and Photographic Dry Plates: Hammer Dry Plate Company used to store negatives. a) A Royal Dry Plate box with a label on the lid. Along the edge of the lid is a red border, in a dark brown square white text reads “ROYAL” “COMPLETE DIRECTIONS INSIDE PACKAGE” “FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS”, an illustration of a take on the Royal Crest is in the middle of the label, and “Dry Plate MANUFACTURED BY CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED TORONTO. CANADA”. One side of the lid has another label that is black with white text. The white text reads “1 DOZEN 4 x 5” “ROYAL PLATE” and “EMULSION NUMBER”. The bottom of the box is lined with tape, along the edges. The inside of the box is golden yellow. The lid is slightly too big for the box. b) A Hammer Dry Plate Company box with a intricate label, and smaller box inside. Along the edges is a red border, in the label is handwriting at the top “MOORE” “5001”, the text of label reads “PHOTOGRAPHIC DRY PLATES”, an illustration of the manufacturing building (?) and small hammer (?), in two small boxes on either side of the illustration, left one reads “KEEP IN DRY PLACE” and right one “OPEN IN DARK ROOM ONLY”, text underneath reads “These plates were made with utmost care; should they be found defective in manufacture, they will be replaced, but no further responsibility is assumed by us, as the plates are sold without warranty of any kind.” “HAMMER DRY PLATE COMPANY” “ST. LOUIS, MO.” On one side of the lid is another white label that reads “PROCESS” “HAMMER PLATES” “Record 3877” “1 DOZEN” “4 x 5”. When you remove the lid, there is a smaller box, simple boxes with black tape along the edges of the box and on the bottom part of the box. The interior of the box are golden yellow. 2.9 x 14.0 x 11.4 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0259 a,b
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Dry Plates Box
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0260
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0260
- Description
- A green, red, and yellow empty Seed’s Dry Plates box. The label on the lid is green with an arrow pointed towards the left with a banner hanging off the arrow that reads “M.A. SEED DRY PLATE COMPANY.” and a circle of lines in the middle which reads “COPYRIGHT TRADE MARK SECURED”. Text next to the b…
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- Title
- Dry Plates Box
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 4.1 x 11.3 cm
- Description
- A green, red, and yellow empty Seed’s Dry Plates box. The label on the lid is green with an arrow pointed towards the left with a banner hanging off the arrow that reads “M.A. SEED DRY PLATE COMPANY.” and a circle of lines in the middle which reads “COPYRIGHT TRADE MARK SECURED”. Text next to the banner, “WORKS” “WOODLAND, St. Louis County, Mo.” “P.O. Address” “ST. Louis, Mo.” and below “SEED’S” “Dry Plates” “Keep in a Dry Place” “Open only in Dark Room”. There is squiggly thin border around the text. There is a red border along the label. There is yellow tape around the edges of the lid and bottom corner. There is a label along one of the edges, “1 Doz. “Seed’s”, a green label “PROCESS” “4 x 5”. There is a stamp on the bottom, with some legible text “11180 Pro.” The inside of the box is golden yellow.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0260
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0261 a,b
- Description
- A set of two developing trays, one a discoloured cream and the other black. a) A shallow, rectangular, discoloured cream developing tray with “kodak” in the bottom of the tray surrounded by two stripes - above and below. b) A shallow, square, black developing tray with a circle with “EKC” stamped o…
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- Title
- Developing Tray
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- plastic;
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 22.0 x 15.6 cm
- Description
- A set of two developing trays, one a discoloured cream and the other black. a) A shallow, rectangular, discoloured cream developing tray with “kodak” in the bottom of the tray surrounded by two stripes - above and below. b) A shallow, square, black developing tray with a circle with “EKC” stamped on the bottom of the exterior. 3.7 x 14.5 x 17.3 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0261 a,b
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Developing Powder Box
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0262
- Description
- An empty, blue and yellow developing powder box. The label is blue with yellow text, in a long oval shaped C encompasses text that reads “DEVELOPING ELERITAS POWDERS”, in the back of the C is blue text that reads “TRADEMAEK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.”. Two sides of the box are identical with text that rea…
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- Title
- Developing Powder Box
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 9.0 x 5.6 cm
- Description
- An empty, blue and yellow developing powder box. The label is blue with yellow text, in a long oval shaped C encompasses text that reads “DEVELOPING ELERITAS POWDERS”, in the back of the C is blue text that reads “TRADEMAEK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.”. Two sides of the box are identical with text that reads “PRICE PER PACKAGE - 25 CTS.” “MANUFACTURED ONLY BY” “CHAS. L. MITCHELL, M.D.” “PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMIST” “1016-1018 CHERRY ST., PHILADELPHIA” behind the text is a faded red circular star with “25 C (cents)”. The side opposite from the label features a blue outline of a badge with text that reads “MITCHELL’S DEVELOPERS ARE GOOD DEVELOPERS”, behind the text is a faded red circular star with some symbols inside it.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0262
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Dry Plates Box
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0263
- Description
- A blue, empty Cramer’s Photo Dry Plates box. The label of the box is a lighter blue, with a dark blue border around the edges. The black text reads “CRAMER’S” “Photo Dry Plates.” “DIRECTIONS INSIDE.” “MANUFACTURED BY” “G. Cramer Dry Plate Co.,” “St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.” “NEW YORK DEPOT: 93 Universit…
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- Title
- Dry Plates Box
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 11.0 x 13.8 cm
- Description
- A blue, empty Cramer’s Photo Dry Plates box. The label of the box is a lighter blue, with a dark blue border around the edges. The black text reads “CRAMER’S” “Photo Dry Plates.” “DIRECTIONS INSIDE.” “MANUFACTURED BY” “G. Cramer Dry Plate Co.,” “St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.” “NEW YORK DEPOT: 93 University Place.” “Keep in a Dry, Dimly Lighted Place.” “Open in Dark Room Only.” At the top of the lid is handwriting in pencil, “Box No. 3 finished”. Along one edge is another blue label, an anchor illustration “ANCHOR Brand.” “CRAMER PLATES.” “Emulsion 18544” “ONE DOZ. 4 x 5”. There is a brown tape along the edge of the lid. The bottom of the box is stamped with “185445 A10” “THIS” “TRADE-MARK” “REGISTERED IN Anchor” “U.S. PAT. OFFICE.” The inside of the box is a golden yellow. Along the edges of the bottom of the box, is a gingham printed tape.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0263
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- leather; metal; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0265 a-d
- Description
- A folding safelight/lantern in a slim brown leather case.a) A slim brown leather case with a lid that wraps around the front of the case with a silver clasp in the middle. The interior of the case is lined with a white felt and a felt wrapped board to separate items in the case. b - c) Two black me…
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- Title
- Candle Lamp
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- leather; metal; plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.3 x 27.0 x 4.3 cm
- Description
- A folding safelight/lantern in a slim brown leather case.a) A slim brown leather case with a lid that wraps around the front of the case with a silver clasp in the middle. The interior of the case is lined with a white felt and a felt wrapped board to separate items in the case. b - c) Two black metal pieces irregular quadrilateral shapes, a stand and lid for the lantern. b) has a circle cut-out on one side (the top) and the other side there is a border around the middle - like a trench, and fits like a lid on top of the lantern screen. Along the edges of the bottom piece (c) there is a thin slot for the lantern screen to be placed. c) has a circle cut-out with a cylindrical piece sticking up on the inside. On the bottom of this piece are some narrow legs along each side and a square in the middle. b) 1.0 x 11.9 x 11.9 cm. c) 1.9 X 12.1 X 12.2 cm.e) A red lantern screen, that can be folded. On either end of the screen is black metal to stand on the metal pieces (b-c). One side features three metal snaps equally apart. The interior of the screen is black. Dimensions when folded: 25.7 x 13.0 x 0.9 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0265 a-d
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Photographic Paper
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- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0266
- Description
- A tall, silver, cylindrical metal tin with a blue and cream label. On the label in cream writing reads “TWO DOZEN” “EASTMAN’S” “FERRO-PRUSSIATE” “PAPER” “3 1/4 x 4 1/14” “MANUFACTURED BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” There is a smaller label with a blue diamond in the middle with radiating…
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- Title
- Photographic Paper
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 10.0 cm
- Description
- A tall, silver, cylindrical metal tin with a blue and cream label. On the label in cream writing reads “TWO DOZEN” “EASTMAN’S” “FERRO-PRUSSIATE” “PAPER” “3 1/4 x 4 1/14” “MANUFACTURED BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” There is a smaller label with a blue diamond in the middle with radiating thin lines from the diamond, the text reads “ROBEY-FRENCH CO.” “34 Bromfield St. Boston.”. Along the side of the tin is blue text, “EMULSION No. 252”. Inside the tin is the photographic curled with a brown envelope.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0266
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- metal; paper; cardboard; film
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0267 a-c
- Description
- A metal 16mm film developing reel inside a bright red box with an instruction sheet. a) A series of two metal rings with enough space between them for a 16mm film roll attached together with four metal hinges. One ring features a lip along the outer edge, and the other ring features a metal spiral …
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- Title
- Developing Reel
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- metal; paper; cardboard; film
- Dimensions
- 2.1 cm
- Description
- A metal 16mm film developing reel inside a bright red box with an instruction sheet. a) A series of two metal rings with enough space between them for a 16mm film roll attached together with four metal hinges. One ring features a lip along the outer edge, and the other ring features a metal spiral that starts at the center and curls outward. The center of the rings is a gap for a roll of 16mm film, which is filled with a loose roll of 16mm film with a metal bar to keep it in place. b) A bright red box with simple labels on two opposite sides of the lid. The label reads “NIKOR” “FILM DEVELOPING REEL” “FOR 16 MM” “NIKOR PRODUCTS COMPANY” “WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.” On one side of the lid and on a corner of the bottom of the box is handwritten number “645”. 2.4 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm. c) A piece of paper with instructions for the developing reel, written with a typewriter, folded in half twice. 15.8 x 17.7 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0267 a-c
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