Empty metal box with black enamel surface. All edges trimmed with 2-inch metal strip bent in half, with mitered corners. Wire handle fits flat into inset in lid. Open edges on both base and hinged lid are rolled wire edges.
Taped inside is a piece of the lid (lock).
On paper taped to front: "Miscellaneous Articles S.C. Slaymaker I, including diaries."
(Part of Samuel Cochran Slaymaker MG 268, donated in 1998.)
Wood storage box for camera supplies with hinged top and is attached with hooks that swivel into i-bolts. In side the box is a thin lateral support that extends 5.5 inches and allows open space below. Box contains a metal bar, camera lens cover, and several small wooden blocks.
"W. S. Gleim/ No 38" is stenciled in black on the back of the container. William Gleim was a photographer and a collection of 47 of his lantern slides are in the archives here at Lancaster History.
Items inside the box include:
1. A 2.5-inch diameter leather-covered lens cap/cover, with black velvet lining;
2. A narrow metal flash tray and
3. 3 wood pieces.
Provenance
See Object file 2023.001.163 for more information. Donation by Mrs. Margaret Smith in 1957 includes projector (2023.001.163) and slides 2002.091.38-40, 42, 43 & 2002.095.30,32.
