- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; paper; ink
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1130 a-c
- Description
- Kodak 3-inch square Wratten filter with original box.(a) The original box consists of a top (lid) and a bottom. The top of the yellow coloured box is square and measures 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm, which is slightly larger than the 3-inch filter allowing the box to safely store the object. The face of the lid…
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- Title
- Filter
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; paper; ink
- Dimensions
- (a) 1.9; (b) 1.7; (c) 0.425 x (a) 8.3; (b) 8.0; (c) 7.6 x (a) 8.3; (b) 8.0; (c) 7.6 cm
- Description
- Kodak 3-inch square Wratten filter with original box.(a) The original box consists of a top (lid) and a bottom. The top of the yellow coloured box is square and measures 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm, which is slightly larger than the 3-inch filter allowing the box to safely store the object. The face of the lid contains the following words: “Kodak” “WRATTEN FILTER” “(IN B GLASS)” which has been printed. Above the company logo a yellow sticker has been adhered and reads: “SOLE IMPORTER INTO CANADA” “CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED” “TORONTO” in blue letters. Handwritten in blue pen on the viewer right side of “(IN B GLASS)” the filter colour code “#81EF” has been written; on the viewer right side of the same part “31”Sq” has been written. Below this the manufacturer information has been printed and reads: “MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY” “EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY” “T.M. REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFF.” Along the viewer left and rights side of the box a half circular cut-out is present to allow for easier removal of the box’s lid. The front of the box has the company name, “Kodak” “WRATTEN FILTER” printed. Handwritten in blue pen “#81EF” and “31”Sq” have been applied to the box. The code 81EF represents the colour code, which would have been a light balancing yellow and would have enabled minor adjustments in the colour quality of illumination to obtain cooler bluish or warmer yellowish colour rendering. When looking at the inside of the lid it becomes apparent that the original material used for the structural security of the box would have been covered in a paper that would have had the information, specified above, printed on glossy-style paper before meticulously being adhered to the lid. Also on the inside of the lid, in what has been referred previously as the back of the box, the Kodak company has printed “CODE 4417” “KP 34344A.” (b) The bottom of the box has the plain paper material with a black covering that contains no writing. The inside of the box’s bottom have a cushioned material that supports the object eliminating the possibility of scratching. (c) The Kodak filter would have been used for printing onto UV sensitive papers. The glass filter absorbs light and only transmits the UV radiation to sharpen prints. The filter measures approximately 7.6 cm or 3 inches. Around the edges of the clear glass is a black border. At the top of the border the words: “FILTER NO. 81EF” has been painted in gold. Along the viewer left side of the object there is another figure possibly an “I” or “1”also in gold, but is difficult to make out with any degree of certainty. Both of these patterns are mirrored on the reverse of the filter.
- Subject
- photography
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1130 a-c
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