D22_006603 Patterson Contact Printer and Safelight

Item Reference: 006603
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Yellow plastic Paterson contact printer and safelight, with black power cord, also three red printing masks, a caution note, and in original red box with a textured exterior. Also in the box were two Ilford-branded darkroom clips
Date: Mid-to-late 1950s
Further Information:  Paterson darkroom products were represented under the R. F. Hunter Ltd banner, as shown on the caution note – Paterson did not start trading purely under their own name until the mid-1960s. The product packaging does not bear its distinctive logo, introduced in 1963. It is the R. F. Hunter logo that appears on the red box.
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red box of contact printer with lid on
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contact printer in red box
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contact printer
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contact printer with sheet holder lifted
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contact printer release button
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inside of contact printer
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caution label
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three red printing masks
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two ilford branded darkroom clips
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close up of gold lettering on box lid
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