Iodizing box

Iodizing box

Darkroom

Buron

Maker
French, ca. 1840s

Iodizing box

ca. 1844
Wood, glass, and metal
Overall: 2 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (6 × 16.5 × 18 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionQuarter plate sensitizing box, glass lined.
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to box front, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 25 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to box right, LC: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 1933 \ 29 [numbers inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, box front, TR: G.CROMER
Inscribed in black ink, inside cover, TL: 25
Stamped in wood, inside cover, TL: G.CROMER
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to inside cover, C: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 25 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand), box right inside edge, C: 25

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