Lid, dry plate box
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NEGATIVES/GLASS PLATE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2015.0260.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hammer Dry Plate Co.
- MODEL
- Map of Sky H.M. 56-67;Photographic dry plates
- LOCATION
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cardboard
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.2 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 3.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still images
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hammer
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Missouri
- City
- St. Louis
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
General: Removable cover for the top of a box to help contain, store, and protect contents when not in use. Specific: Cover for box containing photographic dry plates. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print reads "PHOTOGRAPHIC DRY PLATES", "KEEP/ IN DRY/ PLACE", "OPEN/ IN DARK/ ROOM/ ONLY", print below "MANUFACTURED BY THE/ HAMMER DRY PLATE COMPANY./ ST. LOUIS, MO.". Print written on image of hammer "HAMMER DRY PLATES CO.", print written below hammer "REG. TRADE MARK". Handwritten print, upper right corner "H.M. 56 - 67". Print on side of box "Special", "HAMMER PL [print covered with other label] DOZEN/ Record/ 8x10". Label reads "MAP OF SKY/ NOS 56-67 [numbers are handwritten]". Print on side of box "Mar 23 1915".
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Beige cardboard lid with burgundy border. Paper label with black print affixed to top of lid.
- Decoration
- Image of a hammer (registered trade mark) and image of a factory.
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Hammer Dry Plate Co., Lid, dry plate box, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2015.0260, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2015.0260.001/
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