Tag: 1900-1910

D22_006598 Needles in Envelope

Item Reference: 006598
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Seven needles of varying thickness and brands, and various uses, enclosed within a small paper envelope that at one point held 25 needles. The branded needles are John James and Sons and Milward and Sons, both based in Redditch. The envelope appears to have been repurposed as it says ’25 needles’ in blue pen, the original use for the envelope may have been to do with money or work.
Date: c. Early 1920s
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front of repurposed small brown envelope
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back of brown envelope showing holes from needles
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Group of six needles in front of envelope the were stored in.
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a needle
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Close up of a needle with a thick gap for thread and a rounded tip
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Close up of a needle with a gap for thick thread and a curved, sharp tip. Needle in inscribed with Millwards and Sons.
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Unbranded needle with a rounded tip
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Double eyed darning needle
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Sewing needle with a rounded tip
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Sewing needle with a rounded tip
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D22_001815 Wooden Plate Holder

Item Reference: 001815
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Unbranded wooden plate holder, with book opening to load the plates and two draw slides to expose plates of different sizes, with the side marked ‘1’ having an attachable reducing frame.
Date: c. 1900
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side one of wooden plate holder, un open
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side two of wooden plate holder, unopened
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wooden slide holder open displaying the matte black painted inside
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close of the slide holder supine displaying metal opening notches
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side two of wooden plate holder with exterior slid open
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close up of the slide holder's hinges
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wooden slide holder with all sliders open
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D22_001806 Kodak Film Tank in Wooden Box

Item Reference: 001806
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Kodak film tank in a wooden dark box. The tank is tin and cylindrical with a lid and has an apron and reel inside. The box is varnished wood, painted matte black inside with a wooden spool attached and one tin take-up spool, two tin turning handles, and one tin film puller to be used in the development process.
Date: 1907-1913
Further Information:
Links: Explanation of use and scan of contemporary information leaflet

brown varnished wooden box containing the tank with a red outlined font reading film kodak tank
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box opened displaying the contents in front of it as well as highlighting the spool with the box itself
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the tin take up spool, tin turning roads, and tin film puller displayed in a row
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the tin film tank with its lid slightly ajar, displaying the spool for the apron and reel
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a close up of the spool's rim which has a star-like pattern on it
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the spool with its apron unsheathed and pulled out
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a close up of the apron displaying its stitching and metal hooks
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