General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC (POLYESTER) EXTERIOR; LEAD FOR INNER BARRIER; BARIUM IMPREGNATED POLYETHYLENE INSIDE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

32.5 cm

Width

15.4 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SIMA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Lincolnwood

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970'S & 1980'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO PROTECT FILM, TRANSISTORIZED EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINES AGAINST X-RAY AND FLUOROSCOPIC INSPECTION DEVICES USED FOR AIR TRAVEL SECURITY

Technical

WITH THE ADVENT OF SECURITY CHECKS USING X-RAY EQUIPMENT AT AIRPORTS A MEANS OF PROTECTING EXPOSED FILM FROM THE RAYS HAD TO BE DEVELOPED - THIS GAVE RISE TO THE LEAD LINED BAG

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON BAG READS IN PART: 'FilmShield/ FOR AIR TRAVELERS/ PROTECT AGAINST FOGGING BY X-RAY/ The FILMSHIELD pouch is laminated with lead/ to protect film, transistorized equipment and/ medicines against x-ray and fluoroscopic/ inspection devices used for air travel security./ CAUTION NOT SAFE FOR FOODUSE/ CONTAINS LEAD FOIL./ MADE IN U.S.A./ U.S. Patent No. 3,845,316/ Foreign Patents/ Applied For/ Manufactured by/ SIMA Products Corp./ Lincolnwood, Ill. 60646/ c 1973 SIMA Products Corp./ FILMSHIELD pouches are triple-laminated with lead foil sand-/ wiched between a layer/ of tough, puncture-re-/ sistant polyester & barium-impregnated/ polyethylene films.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE EXTERIOR WITH BLUE & BLACK PRINTING/ BLACK INTERIOR

Decoration

N/A