Photograph wallet
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, ink and thread
Measurements
167 x 120 mm
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1156644.13
Summary
Photograph wallet. A photograph/negative wallet, made from green card, folded and stitched across the top and bottom edges to form two pouches. On the front, within a black line border is printed 'Kodak / Film / Wallet', next to an image of a woman in a striped dress, holding a fold out camera on the steps of a bathing machine, just above the sea where a man and two women are swimming. Below that, within another black border, is 'Thompson & Capper, Ltd., / Photographic Chemist'. Along the long edge is written in black biro, 'Typical English Celebration / in FIVE acts / from / Helenita / Maud Sackville Scott. On the back is an advert for Kodak N. C. Film, above a printed image of a film cartridge. Above this in black ink is written 'Lance Charlesworth / Thurstaston Rectory / Cheshire / 1916. The inside has adverts for Velox paper and picture enlargements.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Kodak / Film / Wallet / Order No...B/55 [pencil, very faint] / Negs...Prints... / Size... / THOMPSON & CAPPER, LTD., / Photographic Chemists, / LIVERPOOL & BRANCHES / Established 1843. / Front: Typical English Celebration in / four [heavily crossed out] FIVE acts / from / Helenita / Maud Sackville Scott Back: Kodak N. C. Film / The only genuine film for Kodaks and Brownies / Kodak N. C. Film is made in the most per- / fectly equipped factories in the world. It / is the result of years of practical experience / in roll film making / Kodak N. C. Film is the fastest roll film / made; it gives the greatest latitude of ex- / posure and is un-curling. / The uniformly high quality of Kodak N. C. / Film has made it the standard of excellence in roll film manufacture. / Look for the name / Kodak on the spool end. [in italics] Back: Lance Charlesworth / Thurstaston Rectory / Cheshire / 1916 Inside left: Velox / gives the best print from every negative. / The best print from any negative is a print on / Velox paper. One grade of paper cannot / suit all negatives, so / Velox is made in two / grades - Vigourous Velox / for flat negatives, Soft / Velox for all other negatives. / A Velox print is always / better than you expected. / negatives that look / hopeless print well on Velox./ each grade of Velox is / made in a variety of surfaces. [italics] Inside right: Enlarge your/ best pictures. / Any negative which / will give a good / contrast print, will print an / excellent enlargement. / Enlarging is often the / making of a picture, and / most amateurs have in their / possession negatives worthy / of this attention. / We make Black and / White, and Sepia-toned / enlargements with smooth, / medium or rough surface, / and shall be pleased to / execute your commissions. / Prices on Application.