An original cardboard box for DREM Exposure Meter
Drem
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1926 - 1930
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
48 x 52 x 135 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525049.3
Summary
An original cardboard box for DREM Exposure Meter. The box is white with a picture of the meter on either side. The top is printed 'Automatic Drem Exposure Meter Justophot Pat. Dr Emil Mayerrem Products Corporation, N.Y. Drem of West Europe Inc. N.Y. Drem Products Ltd., London'. One end has a large '4' and the serial number 241558. The other end is printed ' Trade Mark DREM Reg.U.S. Pat. Off. Reg. Brit. Pat off.'.Following this is a note declaring trademark protection in Philippine Islands, Canada, Japan, etc.
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
Drem, manufacturer