General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CHEMICALLY TREATED PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.0 cm

Width

8.2 cm

Height

1.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY C.1930S+

Canada

PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM HOPE GILLIES ROSS ESTATE. MUCH OF THIS COLLECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AMATEUR COLOR PROCESSING IN THE 1920S-1930S. IT IS CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AMATEUR ENTHUSIAST OF THE PERIOD. (AS PER JAJ)

Function

TO PROVIDE PAPER BASE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT, IN THIS CASE FOR USE WITH EXTREMELY THIN OR FLAT NEGATIVES.

Technical

VELOX PAPERS WERE MANUFACTURED IN A VARIETY OF GRADES & FINISHES, AND WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH AMATEUR DEVELOPERS. (REF.1, P.97). THISPAPER WAS RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH VERY THIN OR FLAT NEGATIVES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FOLLOWING TEXT PRINTED ON ENVELOPE: '24-SHEETS/ 2 1/2 X 4 1/4/ Open Only in Photographic Darkroom/ SENSITIZED/ PAPER/ Manufactured by/ Canadian Kodak Co., Limited/ Toronto, Canada'/ STAMPED IN BLACK INK, BELOW: 'EXPIRES JULY 1, 1943'/ BROWN & BLUE DECAL USED TO SEAL BOTTOM EDGE READS: 'GLOSSY VELOX/ F NO. 5/ FOR EXTREMELY/ THIN OR FLAT NEGATIVES/ VELOX F NO. 5/ GLOSSY SINGLE WEIGHT/ [VELOX LOGO]/ LABEL PRINTED IN U.S.A./ F NO.5/ SINGLE WEIGHT/ GLOSSY VELOX'/ PRINTED ON ENVELOPE BACK IS 'OPEN HERE', TWICE, WITH ARROW/ '373663105/ T 412' STAMPED IN BLACK INK ON ENVELOPE BACK

Missing

UNKNOWN. PACKAGE ORIGINALLY CONTAINED 24 SHEETS.

Finish

LIGHT BROWN PAPER PACKAGE HAS BLACK LINING; SHEET PAPER WRAPPED IN BLACK PAPER, INSIDE

Decoration

N/A