Brown faux-leather library case for Tru-Vue stereoscopic viewer and films.
Category
Ephemera
Date
1947 - 1952
Materials
Cardboard, Imitation leather
Measurements
65 x 130 x 160 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521130.2
Summary
Brown faux-leather library case for Tru-Vue stereoscopic viewer and films. Lined in red paper with gold stars. With two red cardboard box inserts. Hinged lid, decorated with embossed design of the Great Seal of the USA - an eagle with arrows and an olive branch, in a circle with stars in a rectangular border. There is damage where the lid hinges, and the back panel of the box has come away from the lid. Markings: Inside lid is embossed: "Tru-Vue Library Case".
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.