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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.
Subject
film photography
photography accessory
dry plates
storage
Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
104.41.0259 a,b
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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.
Subject
film photography
photography accessory
dry plates
Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
104.41.0260
Images
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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.
Subject
film photography
photography
photography accessory
Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
104.41.0263
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Date
prior to 1977
Material
cardboard;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0271
Description
An empty Eastman’s Dry Plate box with a label on the lid. Along the edge of the lid is a red border, in a beige square with a smaller black square text reads “Eastman’s” “Dry Plates” “MANUFACTURED BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.,” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” “TO BE OPENED ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM.” There is pen…
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Title
Dry Plates Box
Date
prior to 1977
Material
cardboard;
Dimensions
2.9 x 13.8 x 11.3 cm
Description
An empty Eastman’s Dry Plate box with a label on the lid. Along the edge of the lid is a red border, in a beige square with a smaller black square text reads “Eastman’s” “Dry Plates” “MANUFACTURED BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.,” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” “TO BE OPENED ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM.” There is pencil handwriting along the top of the label which reads “Lila Aunt Lizzie”. Along one of the edges of the lid a sticker/label that is partially torn making it illegible. Inside the lid is another box with a white sticker label that reads “Emulsion No. 5599” “Packer No. 13” “If these plates are found to be defective, the user will confer a favor by returning them direct to the manufacturer in this box, together with a negative, and his name, address, and a statement of the trouble written hereon” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.,” “Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.” “KODAK, LIMITED” “43 Clerkenwell Road, London.” “Paris. Berlin. Brussels. Vienna. St. Petersburg. Moscow. Liverpool. Glasgow. Melbourne.” There is some pencil markings as well. The edges are held with tape. The inside of this box is golden yellow.
Subject
film photography
dry plates
photography
photography accessory
Kodak
Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
104.41.0271
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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