American Dry Plates Company Dry Plates Box

dry plates box

PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
American Dry Plate Co.
USA, MA, Worcester
after 1850
cardboard
overall: 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.

Empty box from The American Dry Plate Company. Flat rectangular box, used to hold dry plates. Flaky red and white cover, reading: "The American / DAP Co. [letters stylized as a logo] / Manufactured By / The American Dry Plate Co. / Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. / Keep in a dry place - Open in ruby light." In the upper left corner of the cover, handwritten in sharpie: "Some Scholfield / House / and others." The bottom ridge of the box cover reads: "1 DOZ. 8 x 10 | American / Dry Plates | 3220 / Sensitometer. / 50" Handwritten over that bottom ridge in pencil reads, "Some Scholfield House / Et Als," Overall: 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.

1977.92.1410