Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder Box Lid
Kodak
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1940
Materials
Card, Fabric, Paper
Measurements
52 mm (Width) x 13 mm (Depth); 132 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525021.2.2
Summary
Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder Box Lid The lid is constructed in card, covered with blue fabric and with a paper label on the top which states Contains sufficient for over 300 exposures Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder Continuous supply of ribbon obtained by simple pressure of thumb There is also a drawing of the ribbon holder in use
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
Makers and roles
Kodak, manufacturer