Summary
Cardboard box that once contained lantern plates from Alex. Gunn & Sons, Bioscopic Experts, Rickard's Buildings, 236 Little Collins Street, Melbourne.
Physical Description
Square cardboard box of a natural brown colour with removable lid. Features a white paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in black ink adhered to the lid. An inscription in blue ink is handwritten along the upper edge. A small guarantee sticker, printed in black ink on white paper with a purple ink letters and number stamp, is affixed to the bottom.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Miss Appleby - St John's Homes for Boys & Girls, 16 Aug 1988
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Manufacturer
Alex Gunn & Sons, Rickard's Buildings, 236 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1920s
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Inscriptions
Label, lid: "Phone 2736 / ALEX. GUNN & SONS, / Bioscopic Experts. / Entertainments Provided. Latest & Up-to-Date Films / 236 LITTLE COLLINS STREET, Rickards' / Buildings / MELBOURNE" Lid, handwritten: "W.W.1 Ships" Sticker, bottom: "2446 / AH / Should there be any cause for / complaint concerning these plates, / please send us the remainder of the / box, giving the letters and number / printed on this slip. / THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT"
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Classification
Photography, Processing & printing, Lantern slide accessories
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
9 cm (Length), 9 cm (Width), 2.7 cm (Height)
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