Glass plate negatives and wooden negative plate box

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection

Glass plate negatives and wooden negative plate box with lid and key.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/2956
type:
box - container and wet collodion negatives
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Wooden Negative Plate Box With Lid

Wooden Negative Plate Box With Lid

Wooden negative plate box with lid. Hand dovetailed wooden box, 21x15x10cm overall. Grooves for 12 plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch. 'Floating' lid with brass spring, sliding top with lock. Perhaps for storing and transporting cleaned glass plates for collodion process. With key.

Measurements:
overall: 154 mm x 100 mm x 214 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
1990-5036/2956/1
type:
box
Glass plates

Glass plates

6 glass plates

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 163 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1990-5036/2956/2
type:
glass plate negative