Cardboard box
Sony Corporation
Category
Technological items
Date
2001
Materials
Cardboard box
Measurements
300 x 350 x 130 mm
Place of origin
Japan
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672711.2
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a Play Station 2 games console and various accessories manufactured by Sony. The blue box features a Play Station 2 trademark logo on the front, rear and three sides and the Sony label on the rear and three sides. All sides of the box additionally have the catalogue number for the console (SCPH-30003R) printed on them. The rear of the box has 15 small colour images of various different games that can be played on the console and below these there are thirteen small black and white images of accessory parts that are sold separately.
Provenance
Original box for a Play Station 2 games console manufactured by Sony in 2001. Purchased by The National Trust as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Makers and roles
Sony Corporation , manufacturer