Name/Title
PHOTO PRINT ENVELOPE, MISSION DRUG STORE, FOR THOMAS TEMPLE, 1931Entry/Object ID
97.58.12.3Description
PHOTO PRINT ENVELOPE, MISSION DRUG STORE, FOR THOMAS TEMPLE, 1931
Color: Brown, black, red, green
A photographic printing envelope issued by the Mission Drug Store, San Gabriel to Thomas W. Temple II, 1931. The front has the store name and address at the bottom. Above this in the center is a black and white colored advertisement for the Eastman photo contest sponsored by Eastman Photo Corporation. At the top is the ordering information including date of order; date for promise of return; store number; customer name and address; and number of rolls, packs, prints, enlargements, negatives, and number of prints from negatives desired, as well as the total of th order. Of these lines, the customer name, number of rolls and prints ordered with charges and orders of negatives and prints of each were completed (see Other-IDs.) The reverse has detailed information of the aforementioned contest, including a label adhered to the envelope indicating the contest ran from the 1 May to 31 August 1931. Without indication of date on the front, it is assumed that this is when the photo order was placed. Twelve negatives were found in the envelope (accession number 97.58.12.4-.15.) Written on the front in pencil under the name line is: "Tom [this circled] Temple"; under rollsline is "1, 117-6 10"; under the prints line is "16 96"; under the total line is "1.06"; under the negatives line is "10" and under the prints line of each is "1." The reverse top right corner has the name "Tom" in pencil. The envelope, with the opening tear at the top; many creases; dented corners; and heavy discoloration is in poor condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Envelopes, Mission Drug Store
