Photograph wallet
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, ink and glue.
Measurements
167 x 116 mm
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1156644.12
Summary
Photograph wallet. A photograph/negative wallet, made from buff coloured paper, folded and glued to form two pouches. On the front, printed in brown ink, 'With Compliments from / The London Stereoscopic / Company, Limited' and above that, in pencil is 'Venice/ Verona / Genoa. On the back is an advert for the London Stereoscopic Company, while inside are the sizes and prices of enlargements in their 'Permanent Sepia Process' and the price of lantern slides.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Venice / Verona / Genoa [handwritten in pencil] The London Stereoscopic Company, Limited.:: [underlined] / 3 HANOVER SQUARE, REGENT STREET, W. Back: THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, / LIMITED / are recognised as being the leading / specialists in Enlarging Photographic, / and have the Largest Stock of High-Class Apparatus / of any firm in the world. / The Company has recently added an / OPTICAL DEPARTMENT to their / business and have a well appointed / Private Room for SIGHT TESTING / in charge of a fully qualified Optician / A Full Stock of High Class Companies, / Prismatic Binoculars / Opera and Field / Glasses, Telescopes and Surveying / Instruments, specially suitable for / Naval and Military Officers / Large Illustrated list Free on Application / From the LONDON / STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, LIMITED / 3 HANOVER SQUARE / REGENT STREET, W.