Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2006.038.007 |
Object Name |
Holder, Film |
Title |
Eastman Kodak Plate Holder (Film Holder) |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Made |
Folmer Graflex Corp. |
Place of Origin |
United States of America |
Description |
5x7 EASTMAN PLATE holder (wooden-framed). "PAT. 1631479 2056144". "MADE IN U.S.A. BY FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. FOR EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY". Black finish on metal areas, while its wood has a dark finish. Impressed lettering on the frame. Has a small rectangular gold and black decal with tiny lettering reading "SOLE DISTRIBUTOR IN CANADA CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED". Two grips. Two pivoting bent wire pieces held hold it in place. Small, flat-headed, slotted screws. When open, the short wooden end pivots easily. |
Makers mark |
Impressed mark: 5x7 EASTMAN PLATE "PAT. 1631479 2056144" "MADE IN U.S.A. BY FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. FOR EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY" |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corp. in the United States. Dates unknown. Item was kept with a camera that belonged to Victor Nelson Miller, a machinist who owned Miller's Garage on RR#4, Owen Sound, Grey County. He became a photographer in the Owen Sound, Grey County area. A letter received in August of 2006 from the item's last owner, Victor Pettigrew of Owen Sound, Grey County, reads: "My grandfather was Victor Nelson Miller who originated "Miller's Garage" in 1916. What started out as a hobby grew into more than he wanted in the photography work. He did all the work for Black Clawson-Kennedy (Kennedy's) numerous propeller pictures, photography for the police (crime scenes, accidents, etc.), drug stores, and for the old law firm MacAvoy, Craig & McKerroll. My father was able to run the garage and left him to his hobby. He learned photography from Eastman-Kodak (Rochester, New York) when he was 14 years old." |
Collection |
Photography Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Celluloid acetate |
Dimensions |
W-15 L-23 D-1.6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Miller, Victor Nelson |
Subjects |
Photography Photographic apparatus & supplies |