Box

Name/Title

Box

Description

Cardboard or pasteboard box covered with paper; lid has a red band around top edge and on top of lid is drawing of a factory building and wording to identify product as photgraphic dry plates manufactured by the Hammer Dry Plate Company of St. Louis, Missouri with a caution to keep in dry place and to open only in a dark room; one end flap of lid is in blue paper with white printing identifying contents as 1 dozen extra fast Hammer Plates with a code number "2380". Lid has drawing of a tack hammer and written on the handle is "HAMMER DRY PLATE CO" below hammer is the word "Trade Mark" Glass-plate negatives 1987.004.005 through 1987.004.015 were inside of the box.

Collection

Mary McClure

Acquisition

Accession

1987.004

Source or Donor

Mary McClure

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1900

Place

City

St. Louis

State/Province

Missouri

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Early Date: 1900 Made: Hammer Dry Plate Co

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2001

Create Date

December 20, 2001

Update Date

January 30, 2025