Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Photographic equipment
Object Number:
2002.1.3074
Date:
1892-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
A brown cardboard box with black trim and a print, in black, of a sailor with a hatchet climbing a flagpole with an American flag surrounded by the words "Open In a Dark Room/ The Standard/ Extremely Rapid Dry Plate./ Manufactured by/ Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y./ Successor to Standard Dry Plate Co./ Keep In A Dry Place". A white label on the side reads in red "1 Doz. 5 x 7/ Orthonon/ Emulsion No. ". On the reverse is a long description of the benefits of the Orthonon coating process for photographic plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
