Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Photographic equipment
Object Number:
2002.1.3071
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
A brown cardboard box with a greenish paper label with dark red trim and in black a print of an armored knight with a raised sword on a horse surrounded by the words "The Stanley Dry Plate/ 'On! Stanley On!'/ Newton, Mass. U.S.A." A label on the side reads "1 Doz. 4 x 5/ Stanley/ No. 027/ Sensitometer 35." On the reverse "These Plates are very sensitive-Open in ruby light only." For similar item see 2002.1.3070. The Stanley Company was subsequently bought by Eastman Kodak, see item 2002.1.3072.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
