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Gordon Meinecke fonds The Stanley Dry Plate Company
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Stanley dry plates

Box of 1 dozen 4.5 inch glass plate negatives in original box. Logo on box lid is an illustration of a knight on horseback with the words "On Stanley On". Package is opened. Plates are wrapped in tissue. Box is three-style enclosure. The Stanley Dry Plate Company was purchased by Eastman Kodak in 1904, and this box shows the Kodak branding, dating them after 1904. See The Stanley Museum, Kingfield, Maine: http://www.stanleymuseum.org/Museum%20-%20Kingfield%20ME.html

2 plates removed and placed on display in a glass plate drying rack in the Special Collections reading room.

Eastman Kodak Company

Stanley dry plates

Box of 1 dozen 3.5 x 3.5 inch glass plate negatives in original box. Logo on box lid is an illustration of a knight on horseback with the words "On Stanley On". Dark red trim around the edges of the top and bottom box. Package is opened. Missing directions, formulas manual. Plates are dusty. The Stanley Dry Plate Company was purchased by Eastman Kodak in 1904, and the plates continued to be made with the Kodak brand name affixed to the label. This box shows no Kodak branding, dating them between 1884 and 1904. See The Stanley Museum, Kingfield, Maine: http://www.stanleymuseum.org/Museum%20-%20Kingfield%20ME.html

The Stanley Dry Plate Company