The Stanley Dry Plate Company Dry Plates Box

dry plates box

PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
Stanley Dry Plate Co.
cardboard
overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.

Box of dry plates manufactured by The Stanley Company. Label on cover reads "THE STANLEY / OPEN IN RUBY LIGHT ONLY / DRY PLATE / For Sale by all Dealers in Photo-grapher' Supplies / Directions, Formulas, &c. on the Inside"; knight on horseback saying "ON! STANLEY ON!" in center. Sticker on bottom reads "The CRAMER LIGHTNING PLATES are made in three grades of rapidity, designated by the following Trade Marks: / Anchor / Plates of moderate speed, For landscapes, transparencies, copying, commercial work, etc. / Banner / Plates fo great rapidity. Best for general use in Portrait Photography. / Crown / Plates of the utmost sensitiveness. For large portraits, groups and instananeous work."; additional sticker "6943 / PACKED BY NO. 14." Overall poor condition; label badly faded and has lifted and torn away in places, edges very worn. Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.

1977.92.1417