General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CHEMICALLY TREATED PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.5 cm

Width

8.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY C.1930S+

Canada

PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM HOPE GILLIES ROSS ESTATE. MUCH OF THIS COLLECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AMATEUR COLOR PROCESSING IN THE 1920S-1930S. IT IS CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AMATEUR ENTHUSIAST OF THE PERIOD. (AS PER JAJ)

Function

TO PROVIDE PAPER BASE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT, IN THIS CASE FOR USE WITH NEGATIVES OF LOW CONTRAST.

Technical

VELOX PAPERS WERE MANUFACTURED IN A VARIETY OF GRADES & FINISHES, AND WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH AMATEUR DEVELOPERS. (REF 1., P.97). THIS PAPER WAS RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH LOW-CONTRAST NEGATIVES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FOLLOWING TEXT PRINTED ON ENVELOPE: '24 SHEETS 2 3/4 X 3 3/4/ Kodak/ PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER/ OPEN ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARKROOM/ MANUFACTURED BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA'/ STAMPED IN BLACK INK, BELOW: 'EXPIRES APRIL 1, 1945'/ BLACK & WHITE LABEL USED TO SEAL BOTTOM EDGE READS: 'VELOX/ SINGLE WEIGHT/ F.3/ WHITE/ GLOSSY. SMOOTH/ FOR NEGATIVES OF/ LOW CONTRAST/ VELOX F.3/ SINGLE WEIGHT/ F.3/ WHITE/ GLOSSY. SMOOTH/ FOR NEGATIVES OF/ LOW CONTRAST/ VELOX/ USE PREPARED/ KODAK DEVELOPER D-72'/ STAMPED IN BLACK INK, BELOW: '296821103/ 4A4'/ ALSO PRINTED ON ENVELOPE BACK IS 'OPEN HERE', TWICE, WITH DIRECTIONAL ARROW.

Missing

UNKNOWN, PACKAGEORIGINALLY CONTAINED 24 SHEETS.

Finish

LIGHT BROWN COLOURED PAPER ENVELOPE; LINED WITH BLACK PAPER. PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER WRAPPED IN BLACK PAPER

Decoration

N/A