A folding packet envelope for photocards of Jersey
Category
Photographs
Date
1935 - 1940
Materials
Card
Measurements
Folded 75 x 95 x 5 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520761.1
Summary
A folding envelope packet of salmon-pink thin card to hold 12 photographs. When folded the packet has a front aperture. At the back the two sides fold in and there is a tab on the top leaf which can be tucked into a slot on the bottom leaf, forming an envelope. Markings: Recto, printed in black ink across the top: "12 REAL PHOTO SNAPSHOTS" down the lefthand side: " FOR YOUR ALBUM" down the righthand side: "FOR YOUR FRIENDS" across the bottom: " JERSEY - PACKET A" The aperture is outlined with a border of thick black ink The outer border has a chain style pattern printed border, in black ink. Verso, on the top leaf, printed in black ink, is a space to write an address: "TO M .................................." .................................. .................................. on the bottom leaf, printed in black ink, is a space to write: "From ..................................."
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986