Lid, box

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1980–1989
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0436.002

MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
MODEL: Divers head wet suit [Jacques Cousteau]
LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper [card stock]

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Height: 7.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Polaroid
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Box used as storage container for wet suit hood c. 1972- 1999.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ. USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPAL STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OF STATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINENT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA.
Function: To contain and protect box contents when not in use. NB: This camera box used to store a wet suit hood.
Technical: This camera box was "recycled" for use as a storage container for a prop used in the 1972 portrait of Jacques Cousteau.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "DiVERS HEAD/ WET SUiT" printed by hand in black ink on one end panel of box. Original printed text on box lid reads "POLAROID/ 4X5 Land Film Holder #545" [top and one end panel]; "For cameras/ with/ 4 x 5 backs" [long sides]; and "A PRODUCT OF POLAROID CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139", " ["]Polaroid" ®", and "Made in U.S.A." on end panel. "NEW ROLL/ 8.2 8.1" printed by hand in red ink on box top; text printed by hand in black lead pencil below is largely illegible/obscured.
Missing: None.
Finish: Paper box lid has off-white coated paper covering on exterior; white interior; white, black and orange printed text, and black lead pencil and red and black handwritten markings on lid exterior.
Decoration: N/A

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Polaroid Corp., Lid, box, circa 1980–1989, Artifact no. 1999.0436, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0436.002/

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