Photograph wallet
Category
Ephemera
Date
1910 - 1920
Materials
Paper, ink, pencil and thread
Measurements
151 x 114 mm
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1156644.16
Summary
Photograph wallet. A photograph/negative wallet, made from brown card, folded and stitched across the top and bottom edges to form two pouches. On the frontis an image printed in black of a woman in a striped dress holding a folding camera towards a little boy walking along the top of a wall, guided by another woman. There are a cottage and trees in the background. In the centre of theiage is printed 'Kodak / Film / Wallet / Druce & Co., Photographic Dealers' At the top is written in pencil 'Mis Scott' and in the centre in black ink, 'Chilton' is written with a black circle around it. On the back is an advert for Kodak N. C. Film. Inside are adverts for Velox Paper and picture enlargements.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Miss Scott [pencil] Chilton [black ink] / Kodak / Film / Wallet / Druce & Co., / Photographic Dealers, / 118 high Street OXFORD. Reverse: 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 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