gelatin skins
Date: 1885 - 1900
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0033
Classification: Photographic film
Subject:
Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (1881-present)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
package: 17.5 x 23 x 0.5 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Bibliography:
Technology and the Market: George Eastman and the Origins of Mass Amateur Photography
Description:
There are 13 skins in the package. These skins are used with the commercial version of the transparent roll film (or photographic film as we know it today). On the enveloppe containing this object, there is a date: 1966. Problably the date Mr. Wheatland collected this item.
Signedon the cover of original packaging: DIRECTIONS INSIDE / Gelatin Skins / For Use With Eastman's / American Films / Two Dozen 6½ x 8½ Price, 70 cents