Shipping crate

shipping crate

PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
Osborne, W. D.
USA, CT, New London
Circa 1892
Overall: 74 1/2 x 31 x 4 in.

Unpainted shipping crate designed to hold folding studio backdrop 1979.151.1. Crate constructed of rough-sawn lumber with 7 slats. Crate marked in black: "#59 State St./ New London Conn" and "P R.R. via N.Y. & Norwich Line/ Schofield (sic) and Tingley". Used by E. A. Scholfield and George Tingley in their New London, Conn. studio, c. 1892.

1979.151.2